US EditionLargest Chunk of Mars on Earth Expected to Fetch up to $4M at Sotheby’s Auction
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New York PostLargest chunk of Mars on Earth expected to fetch up to $4M at Sotheby’s auction
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.|Read More US News – Latest Breaking Headlines, Photos & Videos | New York Post ...
Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s
A 54-pound chunk of Mars—believed to be the largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth—is hitting the auction block at Sotheby’s New York on July 16, with an estimate of $2 million to $4 million. Dubbed NWA 16788, the rock was discovered in November 2023 in Niger’s Agadez region and accounts for an astonishing 6.5 percent of all known Martian material on Earth. It’s also 70 percent larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on ou…
Largest Martian meteorite on Earth could fetch millions at New York auction
NEW YORK – The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction. Sotheby's is hosting a natural history auction Wednesday, with the meteorite joining ancient fossils, dinosaur skeletons and unique sandstone formations among items up for bid. MARS ASTRONAUTS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE COLORFUL AURORA LIGHTS DURING SOLAR STORMS, SCIENTISTS PROVEThe Martian meteorite, called NWA 16788, …
The largest fragment of Mars found on Earth is not exposed in the room of a natural history museum, but in an auction house waiting to be sold to the best bidder. NWA 16788. The Mars meteorite of 24.67 kilograms, the largest and most recent of those found on Earth, will be auctioned in New York on July 16, with an output price of 1.6 million dollars. Sotheby’s auction house expects it to reach a value of 4 million dollars. Not only because of it…
The largest Martian meteor on Earth at Suthbez auction... is a piece of another planet at a price of up to $4 million after a journey of more than 140 million miles through space... an extraordinary piece of meteor was found from Mars, the largest of its kind on Earth, and will be offered for sale at an auction at Suthbez House, New York City, amid expectations that it will be sold between $2 million and $4 million, which may make it the most va…
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