Ars Technica·4 min read·medium
Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science
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Sotheby's is auctioning a rare, 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named Gus, which is expected to fetch up to $30 million. Paleontologists are concerned that the trend of private collectors purchasing significant fossils as luxury assets is depriving the scientific community of valuable research specimens.
“a spectacular specimen” Sotheby’s big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils.
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