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Gus the T. Rex Crushes World Record for Dinosaur at Auction

14 JULY | NEW YORK

It’s a world record for Gus! The T. Rex just became the most expensive dinosaur ever sold at auction.

View 1 of Lot 20: Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus Rex

"Gus" - A Mounted Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton. Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian Stage (approx. 67 million years ago), Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota, USA

14 July 2026 | Sale price: 50,130,000 USD

Natural History including Gus Rex

14 July 2026 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York

This morning at Sotheby's New York, the room erupted into applause as seven online, phone and in-person bidders battled over 10 minutes for a final hammer price of over $50.1 million.

Excavated in Harding County, South Dakota, the 67-million-year-old specimen took five years in the making and is officially the largest and most complete T. Rex sold. Gus exceeded the 2024 ‘Apex’ Stegosaurus fossil sale, doubling its low estimate of $20-30 million.

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