The dinosaur market has produced another monster sale.

“Jodi,” a 67-million-year-old Nanotyrannus skeleton, sold Tuesday at Sotheby’s New York for $47.3 million, including fees, more than five times its $9 million high estimate. The skeleton hammered at $40.5 million, making it one of the most expensive dinosaur fossils ever sold at auction.

The result comes just three months after Sotheby’s sold “Gus,” a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, for a record $50.1 million . That July sale, which carried a $20 million–$30 million estimate, established a new high for prehistoric fossils, surpassing the $44.6 million paid for the Stegosaurus “Apex” in 2024. Jodi came remarkably close to that record, despite being considerably smaller and lacking the brand recognition of a T. rex .

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