BERN, Switzerland — Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from 3 websites in the United States and puttogether into a single skeleton offered Tuesday at an auction in Switzerland for 4.8 million francs ($5.3 million), listedbelow the anticipated cost.
Crafted into an open-mouth posture, the T. rex skeleton measuring 11.6 meters long (38 feet long) and 3.9 meters high (12.8 feet) high came in under the expected variety of 5 million to 8 million francs when it went under the hammer at the Koller auction home in Zurich.
Koller had stated Tuesday’s sale would be the veryfirst time such a T. rex skeleton would go up for auction in Europe. The composite skeleton, including 293 bones, was a masterpiece of an auction that included some 70 lots, and the skull was set up next to the auctioneer’s podium throughout.
“It might be that it was a composite — that might be why the perfectionists didn’t go for it,” Karl Green, the auction home’s marketing director, stated by phone. “It’s a reasonable cost for the dino. I hope it’s going to be revealed someplace in public.”
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