{"id":562978,"date":"2023-03-12T14:43:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/t-rex-skeleton-to-go-under-hammer-in-switzerland\/"},"modified":"2023-03-12T14:43:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T11:43:19","slug":"t-rex-skeleton-to-go-under-hammer-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/t-rex-skeleton-to-go-under-hammer-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"#T-Rex skeleton to go under hammer in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fdce9681d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fdce9681d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/t-rex-skeleton-to-go-under-hammer-in-switzerland\/#%E2%80%9CT-Rex_skeleton_to_go_under_hammer_in_Switzerland%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;T-Rex skeleton to go under hammer in Switzerland&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/t-rex-skeleton-to-go-under-hammer-in-switzerland\/#%E2%80%98Incredibly_well-preserved\" >&#8216;Incredibly well-preserved&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CT-Rex_skeleton_to_go_under_hammer_in_Switzerland%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;T-Rex skeleton to go under hammer in Switzerland&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/t-rex-skeleton-sue-wen.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/t-rex-skeleton-sue-wen.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"T-Rex skeleton Sue went under the hammer in 1997 for $8.4 million.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/t-rex-skeleton-sue-wen.jpg\" alt=\"T-Rex skeleton Sue went under the hammer in 1997 for $8.4 million\" title=\"T-Rex skeleton Sue went under the hammer in 1997 for $8.4 million.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                T-Rex skeleton Sue went under the hammer in 1997 for $8.4 million.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Tyrannosaurus-Rex skeleton dating back 67-million years will be auctioned in Switzerland next month, marking the first such sale in Europe, the auction house said Saturday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>The skeleton dubbed Trinity will go under the hammer in Zurich on April 18, the Koller auction house said.<\/p>\n<p>Towering 3.9 meters (12.8 feet) in the air, Trinity has been valued at between six to eight million Swiss francs ($6.5-8.7 million), according to the auction catalog.<\/p>\n<p>But Christian Link, in charge of natural history memorabilia at Koller, told AFP he believed that was a &#8220;very low estimate&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity is &#8220;one of the most spectacular T-Rex skeletons in existence, a well-preserved and brilliantly restored fossil,&#8221; the auction house said.<\/p>\n<p>The sale would mark &#8220;the first time in Europe and only the third time worldwide (that) a skeleton of an entire T-Rex dinosaur of exceptional quality will be offered at auction&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Koller pointed to a 2021 study in the scientific journal <i>Nature<\/i> indicating that only 32 skeletons of adult T-Rex&#8217;s\u2014one of the largest terrestrial predators ever to walk the Earth\u2014had been found worldwide.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Incredibly_well-preserved\"><\/span>&#8216;Incredibly well-preserved&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Trinity skeleton is made up of bone material from three T-Rex specimens.<\/p>\n<p>They were excavated between 2008 and 2013 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming in the United States, the auction catalog said.<\/p>\n<p>The two sites are known for the discoveries of two other significant T-Rex skeletons that have gone to auction: Sue went under the hammer in 1997 for $8.4 million, and Stan, which took the world-record hammer price of $31.8 million at Christie&#8217;s, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Christie&#8217;s withdrew another T-Rex skeleton\u2014also excavated from Montana\u2014days before it went to auction in Hong Kong, after doubts were reportedly raised about parts of the skeleton.<\/p>\n<p>Link said Koller was intent on being open and transparent about the origins of the bones that make up Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>Just over half of the bone material in the skeleton comes from the three Tyrannosaurus specimens, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity&#8217;s skull meanwhile is &#8220;incredibly well-preserved&#8221; and comes from a single T-Rex specimen, according to Koller.<\/p>\n<p>The skeleton was provided by a &#8220;private individual&#8221;, and had been flown in nine large crates to Switzerland, for reassembly, Link said.<\/p>\n<p>Auction sales of dinosaur skeletons and other fossils have raked in tens of millions of dollars in recent years, but experts have warned the trade could be harmful to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> by putting the specimens in private hands and out of the reach of researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Koller noted &#8220;the rare skeletons of adult T-Rex specimens which have been unearthed are almost all now in institutional collections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Zurich auction is therefore an exceptional opportunity to acquire such a fossil of the highest quality,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Link also said he would like to see a museum snap up Trinity, adding that several had already voiced interest.<\/p>\n<p>The skeleton will be the star of an auction set to feature a number of other rare fossils, as well as a 2.145-kilo rock that is &#8220;among the largest Martian meteorites ever found on earth&#8221;, according to the catalog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                T-Rex skeleton to go under hammer in Switzerland (2023, March 12)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 13 March 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-03-t-rex-skeleton-switzerland.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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