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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
KTLA ^ | 07/16/2025

Posted on 07/16/2025 11:22:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton went for more than $30 million.


Source NBC

The 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock named NWA 16788 was discovered in the Sahara Desert in Niger by a meteorite hunter in November 2023, after having been blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike and traveling 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) to Earth, according to Sotheby’s. The estimated sale price before the auction was $2 million to $4 million.

The identity of the buyer was not immediately disclosed. The final bid was $4.3 million. Adding various fees and costs, the official bid price was about $5.3 million.

Two advance bids of $1.9 million and $2 million were submitted. The live bidding went slower than for many other objects that were sold, with the auctioneer trying to coax more offers and decreasing the $200,000 to $300,000 bid intervals to $100,000 after the proposals hit $4 million.


Source KTLA

Bidding for the juvenile Ceratosaurus nasicornis dinosaur skeleton started with a high advance bid of $6 million, then escalated with offers $500,000 higher than the last and later $1 million higher than the last before ending at $26 million. The official sale price was $30.5 million with fees and costs. The original estimate was $4 million to $6 million.

Parts of the skeleton were found in 1996 near Laramie, Wyoming, at Bone Cabin Quarry, a gold mine for dinosaur bones. It’s more than 6 feet (2 meters) tall and nearly 11 feet (3 meters) long.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; dinosaur; mars; paleontology; science; sciencehatingtrolls

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1 posted on 07/16/2025 11:22:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

$26 million for the dinosaur skeleton


2 posted on 07/16/2025 11:23:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I just happen to have one of those in my back yard!


3 posted on 07/16/2025 11:25:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: BenLurkin

4 posted on 07/16/2025 11:25:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: BenLurkin

Did it have the “made in Mars” insignia on it? Sort of like the coin dated “3 B.C.”


5 posted on 07/16/2025 11:26:45 AM PDT by Fungi
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To: Fungi

Yes. Made on Mars by ACME corporation.


6 posted on 07/16/2025 11:27:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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wow all this time.... can you imagine the value of entire mars.... can we blow it up and sell to people piece by piece.


7 posted on 07/16/2025 11:27:46 AM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

after having been blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike and traveling 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) to Earth

*******

Man, what are the odds?

Was the usual 20% tariff collected?


8 posted on 07/16/2025 11:28:46 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: VAFreedom

Not only that, think of all the Martian dinosaur skeletons that you’ll find.


9 posted on 07/16/2025 11:29:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Fast forward 150 years. What’s this piece of rock doing in great grandad’s estate? I dunno. Looks just like any old piece of rock to me. Throw it out.


10 posted on 07/16/2025 11:30:19 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: from occupied ga

https://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3


11 posted on 07/16/2025 11:33:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

In 5 years, it will be worth nothing after musk starts mining.


12 posted on 07/16/2025 11:36:36 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder what I could get for a chunk of Erf from before global warming/climate change melted everything?


13 posted on 07/16/2025 11:37:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: BenLurkin

How do they know it came from Mars?


14 posted on 07/16/2025 11:37:33 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: BenLurkin

No wonder Musk wants to go to Mars.


15 posted on 07/16/2025 11:38:39 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: BenLurkin

and how exactly do they know so confidently that it is indeed from mars?


16 posted on 07/16/2025 11:42:15 AM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

Heck, we got dozens of rocks on our hillside that look just like that .... I wonder if .....


17 posted on 07/16/2025 11:43:01 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SunkenCiv

How do they know it’s from Mars?


18 posted on 07/16/2025 11:45:35 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Fungi

If you look closely, it says made in China :)


19 posted on 07/16/2025 11:48:10 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (TERM LIMITS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP CORRUPT CAREER POL ITIiCIANS. )
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To: MtnClimber

I think there’s a piece of the last ice age still in the back of my freezer.


20 posted on 07/16/2025 11:48:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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