The dinosaur fossil of a Stegosaurus nicknamed Apex fetched 10 times its estimate at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
Sotheby's has auctioned off the skeleton of a stegosaurus named Apex, billed as 'the finest for Stegosaurus to ever come to market,' for almost $45 million, a record.The sale price far exceeds the estimate of $4 million to $6 million that Sotheby's had assigned to the lot. Described as a mounted Stegosaurus skeleton, the exact sale price was $44.6 million, surpassing earlier sales records for dinosaur fossils.
According to the auction house's listing, Apex 'is mounted in an aggressive attack pose on a custom steel armature.'It was excavated on private land in Moffat County, Colorado, near the town of Dinosaur, between 2022 and 2023.The fossil of one of the world's most recognizable dinosaurs is nearly completely intact, according to Sotheby's. The fossil also shows signs of arthritis, suggesting that Apex lived a long life. Apex is not the first dinosaur to sell at auction.
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