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Christie’s has brought the dinosaur auction show to London
Scientists have been priced out by billionaires in the global market for prehistoric fossils.
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The rivalry between Sotheby’s and Christie’s over the sale of dinosaurs is as fierce as past battles between the creatures themselves.
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John Gapper
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Those visiting Christie’s in London this week have been treated to an unusual spectacle. For the first time since it moved to its King Street address in 1824, the auction house’s gallery is not showcasing paintings or sculptures but dinosaurs: three prehistoric skeletons that it estimates are worth up to £13 million (S$22.27 million).
The skeletons of a stegosaurus and an adult and young allosaurus date back about 150 million years and were excavated and reconstructed by the seller, the Swiss-German company Interprospekt.
