Record price for 27-foot stegosaurus at auction revives concern at private trade in fossils
stegosaurus skeleton
A STEGOSAURUS dubbed Apex has broken the record price for a dinosaur fossil, selling at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday for $44.6 million (£34.2m).
The 11-foot-tall, 27-foot-long Jurassic herbivore, famed for its row of armoured plates and spiked tail, was bought by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin of Citadel LLC.
The sale beats the previous record $31.8m (£24.4m) paid for a Tyrannosaurus rex called Stan in 2020, and revives concerns at the auction-house trade in fossils, which can see museums and universities lose access to scientific treasures as they are outbid by egotistical plutocrats.
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