Would you like to have a dinosaur at home? Well, you had the opportunity very recently, except that you should have a few million in your bank account. Because? Because the auction of a dinosaur fossil was recently performed. And the price reached by the coveted trophy is one of the highest ever paid by a similar fossil.
The most valuable third
Who were responsible for doing this? The British Shoteby's auction house. As reported recently, they sold during their 'Geek Week' the only known youth fossil of a Ceratosurio. The sale reached the ridiculous price of 30.5 million dollars. There are more than 26 million euros, as they indicated in their X account. According to the auction house, it is the third most valuable dinosaur fossil ever auctioned.
These auctions are not unusual and many lovers of paleontology and archaeological oddities are regular visitors. The 'Geek Week' auction was organized by the Sotheby's Department of Science and Natural History. As tradition indicates, it is an annual series of science that brings together three categories. These are natural history, history of science and technology and space exploration. Also, during the Shoteby's auction he has first accepted the payment with cryptocurrencies for all lots, opening the possibilities of new buyers.
Rare objects
The auction of a dinosaur fossil attracted the attention of the world. In this sense, the sale of the Natural History category of 2025 was headed by this young Ceratourus. It is just one of the four that is known to exist. And he is also the only young man who has been found, as Shoteby's said on his website.
An "exceptional and practically complete skull of the mysterious" Pachycephalosaurus were also auctioned. Another object was nothing less than the largest piece of Mars on Earth, a huge 54 -pound -pounds. A selection of fine gem quality minerals was also sold. These were included specimens of tourmaline, aquamarine and gold.
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