LONDON (Reuters) – Three dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period will go under the hammer at an auction in London on Thursday, with price estimates in the millions of dollars.
Christie’s is offering the skeletons of an adult and juvenile Allosaurus, sold as a pair with an estimated value of 5 million to 8 million pounds ($6.4 million – $10.2 million), and a Stegosaurus fossil with an estimated value of 3 million up to £5 million.
All three, on display in Christie’s London showrooms ahead of the “Jurassic Icons: Allosaurus & Stegosaurus”, were unearthed in the US state of Wyoming.
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“It is a rare event to see a dinosaur skeleton appear at auction,” James Hyslop, head of Science & Natural History at Christie’s London, told Reuters.
“The logistics behind setting up one, and in this case 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)
