Cost of a 150-Million-Year-Old Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil and Martian Meteorite at Sotheby's

Sotheby's Geek Week Auction Highlights

• 💡 Sotheby's Geek Week features a lineup of rare treasures, including dinosaur fossils and tech relics, all available for auction.
• 💎 The most expensive item is a juvenile Seratops dinosaur fossil, estimated to fetch $6 million.

The Juvenile Seratops Fossil

• 🦖 This juvenile Seratops is described as a unicorn, with only four known in the world, and this being the only known juvenile specimen.
• 🦴 Experts can tell it's a juvenile because its bones are not fully fused, indicating it is not an adult.
• 💰 The fossil is completely original and 150 million years old.

Martian Meteorite for Auction

• 🚀 A Martian meteorite, weighing 54 pounds and having traveled 140 million miles, is also up for auction.
• ☄️ This meteorite came to Earth during an asteroid strike from Mars and fell in the Saharan desert.
• 💰 It is expected to fetch $4 million.

Auction Details and Insights

• 💰 The auction offers 250 items similar to these artifacts.
• 💳 Bidders have the option to pay using cryptocurrency, a fitting choice given the high prices and the event's theme.
• ❓ In a fun quiz, the meteorite was revealed to be older than the dinosaur fossil, likely by a couple hundred million years.