South Dakota dinosaur will go up for auction at New York auction house
An approximately 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, one of the largest, most complete ever discovered and named “STAN” after paleontologist Stan Sacrison who first found it, is seen on display ahead of its public auction at Christie’s in New York City, New York, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
September 17, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) – The legend of the Tyrannosaurus rex known as Stan is getting fresh life thanks to Christie’s auction house.
It put the enormous fossil on display starting Wednesday through floor-to-ceiling windows at its midtown Manhattan gallery in advance of putting it up for auction.
The estimated value is up to $8 million.
Stan was discovered in 1987 in South Dakota, and experts say he must have weighed at least 7 tons, had eyes the size of baseballs and a bite that could have crushed a car.
It is one of the most intact dinosaur skeletons ever discovered.
