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Gorgosaurus skeleton sells for $6.1 million at Sotheby’s New York auction

Paleontologists say Gorgosaurus was fiercer and faster than the T-Rex, with a stronger bite of around 42,000 newtons compared to 35,000

The Hindu · Jul 29, 2022

Gorgosaurus: Rare ancient dinosaur skeleton sells for $6m at Sotheby’s auction

A rare ancient dinosaur has been sold at auction in the US to an unknown buyer for just over $6m (£5m).

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2022

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 Flight Jacket Fetches $2.8 Million

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, auction house Sotheby's said. The jacket front displays NASA's logo and the Apollo 11 mission emblem, which is slightly below Aldrin's name…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 27, 2022

Bidder pays $2.8M for jacket worn in space by 'Buzz' Aldrin

A bidder has paid nearly $2.8 million at auction for a jacket worn by astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the historic first mission to the moon's surface in 1969

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Rare copy of Shakespeare’s first folio from 1623 sells for £2m

Book containing 36 of the bard’s plays was compiled seven years after his death.

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

‘It was opportunistic in the best sense’: how the US constitution inspired an exhibition

After a frenzied auction, a rare first printing of the US constitution was lent to a museum in Arkansas where it’s led to an exhibition on democracy

The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2022

Unpublished Ted Hughes poems about partner Assia Wevill to be sold

The recently found notebook of fragments and finished work has been described as the poet’s ‘most direct’ response to the suicide of his partner and daughter in 1969

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

17th century Dutch portrait that was looted by Nazis sells at auction

Portrait Of Steven Wolters went under the hammer some 80 years after being plundered.

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022

Karl Lagerfeld drawings sold for almost three times auction estimate

Unprecedented assembly of late fashion designer’s illustrations raise total of £300,212 at Sotheby’s in Paris

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022

Gorgosaurus Tipped to Fetch $8 Mn at New York Auction

A skeleton of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur is going up for auction for the first time and is expected to fetch between $5 million and $8 million, Sotheby's said Tuesday. The auction house will put the specimen, which is 10 feet tall (three meters) and 22 feet long, under the hammer…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 7, 2022