From the Auctions. Christie’s reaches a new world record thanks to Tyrannosaurus Rex “Stan”

Sensational success for the Christie’s auction dedicated to the 20th century art where at lot 59 was listed the skeleton of one of the dinosaurs entered more in the collective imagination: the Tyrannosaurus rex.
The exemplar found in 1987 in South Dakota by Stan Sacrison was included in the 20th Century Evening Sale auction behind the suggestion of James Hyslop, head-dipartiment of Science & Natural History at Christie’s, convinced of the cultural importance as well as the iconicity of the T-Rex in the last century, adapting it perfectly to the context of the auction.

Lot 59, the skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex sold by Christie’s for USD 31,847,500.

Among the works of Picasso, Magritte and the top lot of the auction of the artist Twombly, the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex renamed by the name of its discoverer “Stan” was bidded for 32million by a buyer on the phone with Hyslop.
The male exemplar is one of the best preserved fossils and consists of 188 original bones (it is assumed that the T-Rex had around 380) with the missing ones that have been casted.
Discovered in 1987 in Hell Creek by Stan Sacrison, excavations to unearth the remains began only in 1992 thanks to the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research under the direction of paleontologist Peter Larson. Over the years the examination of the bones of “Stan” has led to reconstructing part of the life and clashes that this great cretaceous predator must have experienced and which are described on the page dedicated to him on the Black Hills Institute website.