It looks like crocodile-skin handbags may have some competition. The market, however, does not seem particularly interested at the moment.
A handbag reportedly made of “lab-grown T. rex leather” was up for auction on Thursday (June 11) after being unveiled at the Artis Zoo Museum in Amsterdam earlier this year.
In a market where finding the next luxury collectibles niche could be extremely lucrative, auctioneer Alexandre Giquello had expected the prehistoric “one-of-a-kind” accessory to fetch more than $500,000.
