Miniature T. rex skeleton sells for 42.6 million euros

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA tiny-looking T. rex skeleton just sold for forty-two point six million euros at Sotheby's in New York, Euronews reports.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's a Nanotyrannus, nicknamed Jodi, and it's only about half the length of an adult T. rex. Sotheby's estimated six to nine million dollars.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt sold for forty-seven point three million dollars. In about twelve minutes. That's a very fast Tuesday.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFive other bidders competed online and by phone. The winner is unidentified, which is how most great acquisitions of state begin.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHere's my wild take. Smaller T. rex, bigger price. That's the best deal in America.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorChip, it sold for over five times the top estimate. Nobody has called that a deal since the invention of the auction.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut what does the buyer get?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAlmost seventy percent of a skeleton, six and a half feet tall and nearly twenty feet long. Only three Nanotyrannus skeletons are known.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNearly twenty feet, no name on file, and I hope the front door is wide enough.