Maximus hammered down for only $6.1 million.
“Today’s sale was always designed to gauge the market,” said Cassandra Hatton, the global head of science and popular culture at Sotheby’s and the organizer of the auction. “And we are pleased to have set a significant new benchmark forThe sale was surrounded by a bit of controversy, perhaps contributing to its lower-than-expected profits. Just a couple of weeks ago, Christie’s
an auction of a larger T.Rex expected to hammer down for up to $25 million. Questions had come up about how much real bone was included in the skeleton, an issue that may have hurt the Maximus auction as well.that the outcome of the Christie’s sale may have impacted buyers’ certainty. “It’s all based on confidence,” he said after Friday’s sale, “and right now, there’s very low confidence in that arena.”have also been a sore spot for paleontologists.
“This is something that I would want to study in my research if I could,” the paleontologist James G. Napoli told. “We always hope that it will be bought by an institution or an individual who will donate to one.” That outcome is still on the table, of course, but it might be a while before we find out Maximus’s fate.
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