Skip to comments.
76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC
7/5
| Evelyn Blackwell
Posted on 07/05/2022 1:39:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday.
The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said.
The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. It predated its relative the Tyrannosaurus rex by 10 million years.
The specimen being sold was discovered in 2018 in the Judith River Formation near Havre, Montana, Sotheby’s said. It measures nearly 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 22 (6.7 meters) feet long.
All of the other known Gorgosaurus skeletons are in museum collections, making this one the only specimen available for private ownership, the auction house said.
“In my career, I have had the privilege of handling and selling many exceptional and unique objects, but few have the capacity to inspire wonder and capture imaginations quite like this unbelievable Gorgosaurus skeleton,” Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s global head of science and popular culture, said.
Sotheby’s presale estimate for the fossil is $5 million to $8 million.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Science
KEYWORDS: cretaceous; crevo; dinosaurs; evospeculation; fauxiantroll; fauxiantrolls; godsgravesglyphs; gorgosaurus; havre; judithriver; missingtransitions; montana; oldearthspeculation; paleontology; piltdownman; science; sothebys; spontaneouslifers; storkzilla; tyrannosaurusrex; youngearthdelusion; youngearthdelusions
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-29 next last
Who needs this in their living room?
To: nickcarraway
Put it on eBay, starting bid .99.
2
posted on
07/05/2022 1:44:23 PM PDT
by
euram
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
You’d have to build a pole barn to house that thing. No thanks.
4
posted on
07/05/2022 1:45:42 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: nickcarraway
5
posted on
07/05/2022 1:45:58 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: carriage_hill
Nah, just curl him up a little. Pretend he’s cold...
6
posted on
07/05/2022 1:46:36 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
I wonder if they'll accept Paleocoin in payment? ;^)
7
posted on
07/05/2022 1:50:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: mewzilla
Good idea, but I don’t know about the fragility of the bones and metal links holding it all together.
8
posted on
07/05/2022 1:52:19 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: nickcarraway
I hope the person that buys it donates it to a public museum or something like that.
9
posted on
07/05/2022 1:55:19 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: carriage_hill
They take a licking.
Just don’t let your aunt’s dog run off with the intercostal clavicle.
Those are the dickens to find...
10
posted on
07/05/2022 2:02:07 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: nickcarraway
“76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton...”
Pelosi is holding a fundraiser? *SNORT*
11
posted on
07/05/2022 2:07:33 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: nickcarraway
She remembered this one and rode it a few times.
12
posted on
07/05/2022 2:11:08 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: nickcarraway
13
posted on
07/05/2022 2:12:25 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: nickcarraway
It is highly disrespectful to treat Helen Thomas’ remains this way.
14
posted on
07/05/2022 2:12:43 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
That image made me think of this.
15
posted on
07/05/2022 2:14:52 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
To: nickcarraway
It would make a great coat rack and incense burner. Maybe a xylophone.
16
posted on
07/05/2022 2:27:59 PM PDT
by
TigerHawk
(The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World)
To: Jamestown1630
“I hope the person that buys it donates it to a public museum or something like that.”
Me too. Not some arrogant multimillionaire who hides it away from the world in order to gloat about how great he or she is.
17
posted on
07/05/2022 2:30:35 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
To: nickcarraway
Nancy Pelosi is being auctioned off?
18
posted on
07/05/2022 2:33:26 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
To: nickcarraway
I could get it in my den if the wife would let me run his tail out the door to the garage.
Heck, decorate it for Christmas.
19
posted on
07/05/2022 2:50:47 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: nickcarraway
…..who needs this in their living room ?…….
Someone with a very large coffee table.
20
posted on
07/05/2022 2:51:05 PM PDT
by
megaMAGA
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-29 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
