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T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Business | The Guardian 14 July 2026, 15:31 UTC 2h ago

T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record — Business | The Guardian

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota A vast, fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Gus sold at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday for $50.1m with fees (£37.4m) to a phone bidder – making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil sold at auction. It also sold well above a pre-sale estimate of $20m to $30m (£15m to £22.4m). Continue reading...

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