Rare Mars and Dinosaur Specimens Highlight Sotheby’s Geek Week Auction
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A 54-pound piece of Mars, the largest ever found on Earth, is up for auction at Sotheby's in New York with an estimated price of $2-4 million. The meteorite, believed to have been ejected from Mars by an asteroid impact and traveled 140 million miles to Earth, is a rare find, representing nearly 7% of all Martian material on Earth. The auction also features a juvenile Ceratosaurus dinosaur skeleton.
- The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York Yahoo
- Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million CBS News
- See a rare dinosaur or a chunk of Mars during Sotheby’s 'Geek Week' Gothamist
- A 6-Foot Dino—a T-Rex Cousin—Is Headed to Auction This Month Mansion Global
- Geek Week Auction WV News
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