A giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that’s been dug up from three sites in the United States is going up for auction in Zurich.
BERN, Switzerland — Interested investors may have to dig deep into their pockets to claim a giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton going up for auction on Tuesday — a first in Europe — that's been dug up from three sites in the United States and could make the ultimate ornament for a tycoon's abode or other eye-popping display.
More than half of the restored fossil is “original bone material,” and Koller auction house says the skull is particularly rare and was remarkably well-preserved. Denver 7+ Colorado News Latest Headlines | April 17, 10pm The same areas were the source of two other dinosaurs skeletons that also went on the block, says Koller: “Sue” sold for $8.4 million over a quarter-century ago, and “Stan” fetched nearly $32 million three years ago.
The 293 T. rex bones, assembled and erected into a growling 11.6-meter-long and 3.9-meter-high posture, are expected to fetch 5 million to 8 million Swiss francs when it goes under the hammer at a Zurich auction house. "When dinosaurs died in the Jurassic or Cretaceous periods, they often lost their heads during deposition. In fact, most dinosaurs are found without their skulls," Nils Knoetschke, a scientific adviser who was quoted in the auction catalogue. “But here we have truly original Tyrannosaurus skull bones that all originate from the same specimen.”
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