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Sotheby’s Sells Nanotyrannus “Jodi” for $47.3 Million

By Drooid · Oct 27, 2026, 23:24 UTC · How we work

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Sotheby's sold the Nanotyrannus skeleton “Jodi” for $47.3 million at a New York auction.
The price far exceeded the pre-sale estimate of $6 million to $9 million.
The sale made “Jodi” the second-most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold, after the T. rex “Gus”.
Paleontologist Steve Brusatte called the sale harrowing, warning the fossil may stay out of public view.

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Sotheby's sold the Nanotyrannus skeleton “Jodi” for $47.3 million at a New York auction.
The price far exceeded the pre-sale estimate of $6 million to $9 million.
The sale made “Jodi” the second-most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold, after the T. rex “Gus”.
Paleontologist Steve Brusatte called the sale harrowing, warning the fossil may stay out of public view.