Gus the T. rex sells for $50.1 million at Sothebys, setting a new dinosaur auction record
A 12.5-foot-tall, 38-foot-long T. rex skeleton named Gus, excavated in Harding County, South Dakota, sold for $50.1 million at Sothebys after a 10-minute, seven-bidder auction, setting a new record for dinosaur fossils and renewing the debate over private versus public museum ownership.