UNITED STATES: NEAR COMPLETE TYRANNOSAURUS REX DINOSAUR SKELETON GOES ON DISPLAY BEFORE AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK

Record ID: 337802

  • Title: UNITED STATES: NEAR COMPLETE TYRANNOSAURUS REX DINOSAUR SKELETON GOES ON DISPLAY BEFORE AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK
  • Date: 3rd October 1997
  • Summary: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 2, 1997) (RTV-ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/SLV EXTERIORS SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. SV SIGN FOR T-REX EXHIBIT 0.13 3. CLOSE UP T-REX HEAD - ZOOM INTO TEETH 0.26 4. SIDE SHOT OF HEAD 0.31 5. SLV BOYS LOOKING AT SKELETON WITH THEIR MOTHER 0.39 6. SCU BOY ASKED TO NAME HIS FAVOURITE PART OF THE DINOSAUR, A SMALL BOY REPLIES, "THE HEAD, BECAUSE IT'S BIG AND ITS TEETH ARE SHARP." (ENGLISH) 0.54 7. VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE FOSSIL (5 SHOTS) 1.18 8. SV DAVID REDDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF SOTHEBY'S, SAYING, "IT'S UNIQUE FOR SOTHEBY'S AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. A FOSSIL OF A DINOSAUR HAS NEVER BEEN SOLD BEFORE," (ENGLISH). 1.28 9. SV CHILDREN LOOKING AT FOSSILS. 1.31 10. SV REDDEN "HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO FETCH IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HAVING THE AUCTION TOMORROW TO DECIDE. THERE AREN'T ANY COMPARABLES. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF MATERIAL THAT HAS SOLD BEFORE. WE'VE PUT A GENERAL ESTIMATE OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ON IT. (ENGLISH) 1.57 11. TRACK/SCU CHILDREN LOOKING AT THE FOSSIL. (2 SHOTS) 2.14 12. SCU LITTLE GIRL "I LIKE IT - IT SEEMS LIKE THE BIGGEST DINOSAUR IN THE WORLD." (ENGLISH) 2.29 13. SCU MOTHER OF LITTLE GIRL, SHARON GLAZER, SAYING "THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST CHANCE WE GET TO SEE IT IF IT ENDS UP IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION. IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE." (ENGLISH) 2.46 14. WIDE SHOT FOSSILS ON DISPLAY. 2.53 Initials S3,P3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 18th October 1997 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAE390FR2CL46IYWPZY0TYI5TPR
  • Story Text: INTRO: An almost complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur will be up for sale on Saturday (October 4) at Sotheby's auction house in New York.

    "Sue" as the skeleton is known is one of a kind and believed to be more than 65 million years old.

    Sotheby's say "Sue" is the most significant fossil ever to be auctioned and could raise one million dollars.

    But critics say the fossil should be in a museum, not a private collection.

    It's current owner is Maurice Williams, a native American who lives in Montana. The skeleton was found on his property and is the most complete skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered.


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