The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as “Gus” will be auctioned Tuesday at Sotheby’s in New York, and auction estimates put the price at about $30 million, Sotheby’s said.
The specimen was shown during a press preview at Sotheby’s on July 1 in New York. The photograph of the skeleton was credited to Timothy A. Clary.
Sotheby’s said the sale continues a trend of fossil specimens being sold to private collectors. It is not the first time dinosaur bones have been offered to the highest bidder, the auction house added.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
