You Could Own One of the Largest T. Rex Fossils Ever Discovered
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You Could Own One of the Largest T. Rex Fossils Ever Discovered
Sotheby’s will auction ‘Gus,’ a colossal 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil, in July with an estimated value between $20m to $30m. Tyrannosaurus rex has long captured the public imagination as one of history’s most fearsome apex predators. Roaming western North America during the Late Cretaceous period, the species possessed an enormous skull, a devastating bite force, and an acute sense of smell. Decades after their extinction, T. rex…
I have closely followed the market for ultra-luxury collectibles, and rarely does an opportunity emerge as revealing as the one Sotheby’s announced for this summer of 2026. ‘Gus’, a 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex excavated in South Dakota, comes out for auction with an estimate of between $20 million and $30 million, the highest ever allocated to a fossil. The piece, which stretches nearly twelve meters and rises over three and a half met…
The Sotheby’s auction house announced in New York the sale of Gus, one of Tyrannosaurus rex's largest, robust and complete skeletons ever discovered.It is projected to reach a price of between 20 and 30 million dollars, on July 14.Gus – whose excavation and subsequent preparation took three years of rigorous work – is the most valuable dinosaur specimen that has been offered directly in the auction market to date.
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