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An American Dinosaur in Paris

The sale of “Vulcain” – the giant skeleton of an American dinosaur currently on display outside of Paris – is set to be the fossil sale of the century. French auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa, who will handle the sale of the largest dinosaur skeleton ever to come to auction, have announced that pre-sale estimates have more than tripled its original estimate to $11-$22 million/€10-€20 million since pre-registration bidding opened in July with...

Sotheby’s’ Record-Breaking Dinosaur Sale

A large dinosaur skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City, the most ever paid for a fossil. The plant-eating stegosaurus, nicknamed Apex, is 11ft (3.4m) tall and 27ft long from nose to tail. Sotheby’s said it “ranks high among the most complete skeletons ever found”. The skeleton sold to an anonymous buyer, who said: “Apex was born in America and is going to stay in America”, in what is...

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