DAMPIERRE-EN-YVELINES (AFP) – The skeleton of a 22-metre-long dinosaur fetched EUR6 million on Saturday, AFP learned from auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa.
An anonymous collector snapped up the vegetarian apatosaurus, which was dug up in the United States (US), for EUR4.7 million rising to EUR6 million including costs. The buyer pledged to allow it to be displayed in a museum. “We are happy that the buyer intends to lend it to an institution,” said Olivier Collin du Bocage.
The skeleton of the giant herbivore is made up of 75 to 80 per cent of the original bones and is roughly 150 million years old.
Auctioneers Barbarossa said on its website that it was “the biggest dinosaur ever sold at auction worldwide”.
