Twenty-eight years ago, legendary paleontologist brothers Peter and Neal Larson dug a 40-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex out of the craggy, South Dakota ground. This month, Christie’s sold that skeleton, nicknamed Stan, for $32 million—a price that smashed the record paid for a fossil. To outsiders, such a sale would appear to be a windfall for the siblings, fossil hunters who have spent decades discovering spectacular specimens. The T. rex sold for four times Christie’s high estimate, buoying the fall auctions and highlighting...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2020 19:43 UTC