Gus the T. rex Breaks Fossil Auction Record with $50 Million Sale
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A 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex named Gus sold for £37.4m ($50.1m) at Sotheby’s in New York—the most ever paid for a dinosaur. The nearly 60% complete fossil was discovered in 2021 on a South Dakota ranch and required three summers of digging plus three years in the lab to reassemble, with bite marks and healed ribs indicating a life on the hunt. The buyer remains undisclosed; the sale surpasses the previous record and signals growing ultra-wealthy interest in fossil collecting, with Gus potentially heading to a museum in the future.
- Tyrannosaurus Rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold BBC
- A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records — and possibly disappear forever CNN
- T. Rex Fossil Sells for $50.1 Million, Putting the King Back On Top The New York Times
- T. rex named ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1 million to become the most expensive dinosaur ever sold NBC News
- Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists The Guardian
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