The Problem With Selling Dinosaur Bones
Dinosaur fossils have become a high-end collectibles market, with auction prices reaching tens of millions of dollars. The attempted sale of Shen, a rare T
Dinosaur fossils have become a high-end collectibles market, with auction prices reaching tens of millions of dollars. The attempted sale of Shen, a rare T. Rex planned for auction at Christie’s, shows how questions around original bone, replica casts and disclosure are testing a market where value can depend on what is real, what is reconstructed and who gets to decide.
THE BONE RUSH Dinosaurs have become an asset class for billionaires. And the market is about as orderly and genteel as a starving T. rex.
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