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Triceratops skeleton 'Trey' to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
Trey, a Triceratops skeleton estimated at $4.5–$5.5 million, highlights rising investor interest as dinosaur fossils shift from museum exhibits to private collections.
- A complete Triceratops skeleton named 'Trey', discovered in 1993 near Lusk, Wyoming, will go up for auction amidst a soaring dinosaur fossil market.
- Trey has inspired children to pursue paleontology careers, but some scientists fear important specimens may disappear into private collections, depriving research opportunities.
- Paleontologist Andre LuJan hopes Trey ends up in a museum through a loan agreement, as with the $44.6 million 'Apex' stegosaurus specimen now displayed at the American Museum of Natural History.
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A skeleton of triceratops that has been in a museum in Wyoming for decades will be auctioned, a rare case of the sale of a dinosaur in a museum just when the market of these prehistoric giants has reached historic peaks. The fossil, nicknamed “Trey”, will be on sale from March 17 to 31 at Joopiter, an online auction platform founded by Grammy Pharrell Williams’ winning artist and producer. It has a preliminary estimate of between 4.5 million and…
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Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
The 66-million-year-old fossil, for sale on musician Pharrell Williams’ auction platform Joopiter, is expected to fetch up to US$5.5 million.
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