I Can’t Afford This T. Rex up for Auction at Sotheby’s. Starting Bid is $19 Million
A nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named 'Gus' is set to be auctioned by Sotheby's with an opening bid of $19 million. The fossil, discovered on a South Dakota ranch, is expected to fetch between $20 million and $30 million.
Dearly departed South Dakota cattle rancher Gary “Gus” Licking had a hunch that the small bone and teeth fragments he kept coming across on his 6,500-acre property might part of be something big. And, like a character in a Far Side cartoon, he was right: The dirt beneath his Harding County ranch hid one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever discovered—a 38-foot (11.6-meter) long, nearly 12.5-foot (3.8-meter) tall monster now named “Gus” in his honor.
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