“Gus”, the most expensive T-Rex in the world sold at an auction in New York
The New York auction house Sotheby’s has witnessed the most expensive purchase ever recorded for a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The fossil “Gus” was sold for a value of 50.1 million euros, the highest ever offered for a dinosaur to date. The T-Rex was already the most valued dinosaur before the bidding started, with an approximate value between 20 and 30 million euros. After just ten minutes, an anonymous buyer ended up acquiring the dinosaur and broke the world record.