LONDON (Reuters) – Three dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period will go under the hammer at a London auction on Thursday, with price estimates of millions of dollars.
Christie’s is offering the skeletons of an adult and juvenile Allosaurus, sold as a pair with an estimate of 5 million pounds to 8 million pounds ($6.4 million – $10.2 million), and a Stegosaurus fossil with an estimate of 3 million to 5 million pounds.
All three, on display at Christie’s London showrooms ahead of the “Jurassic Icons: Allosaurus & Stegosaurus”, were excavated in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
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“It is a rare occurrence to see a dinosaur skeleton come up at auction,” James Hyslop, Head of Science & Natural History at Christie’s London, told Reuters.
“The logistics behind setting up one, and in this instance, three dinosaurs, are incredibly complicated.”
In July, a Stegosaurus fossil found in Colorado fetched a record $44.6 million at a Sotheby’s auction. ($1 = 0.7836 pounds)
(Reporting by Gerhard Mey; Editing by Keith Weir)
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