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The sale of “Stan” surpassed the previous record for a dinosaur fossil, which was minted in 1997 by the $8.4 million sale of “Sue” to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. At the time of the sale of “Stan,” mystery surrounded the fate of the prized fossil; it was unclear whether it went to a private buyer or an institution. Some scholars worried that the widely studied artifact would become unavailable to researchers if it went to a private collector.
“Stan” only became available for sale after a judge ordered it to be sold in 2018 to resolve a legal row between two owners of the excavating company that unearthed it in in North Dakota. After that, Christie’s eyed private collectors with ties to natural historyThe fossil was exported from New York to the U.A.E. in May 2021, according to US Trade reports
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