Composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sold at auction for less than expected
The piece sold at auction Tuesday for $6.2 million, but that figure factors in the buyer’s premium. With that subtracted, the piece was sold with a $5.37 million bid, below the lower-end projection of $5.6 million. The highest projected price for the skeleton was $8.95 million.
Where Stan was 65% original bone material, TRX-293 Trinity was only 50.17% original bone material. The composite skeleton measures more than 12 feet and nine inches in height, and 38 feet long, and was made of 293 bones from three fossil finds. The third portion, found in the Lance Creek formation in Weston County, Wyoming in 2013, is the source of TRX-293 Trinity’s skull, along with vertebrae and portions of the piece’s hind legs.
“It could be that it was a composite — that could be why the purists didn’t go for it. It’s a fair price for the dino. I hope it’s going to be shown somewhere in public,”As with other fossil sales at auction, scientists are concerned that selling off the specimens will keep them out of the hands of researchers.
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