T. REX FOSSIL SELLS FOR $50.1 MILLION, PUTTING THE KING BACK ON TOP

T. REX FOSSIL SELLS FOR $50.1 MILLION, PUTTING THE KING BACK ON TOP: In a booming fossil market, the T. rex had been dethroned by a stegosaurus. No longer. By Julia Jacobs and Zachary Small Sotheby’s sold a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil at auction on Tuesday for $50.1 million, with fees, topping records set in recent years amid a surging market for prehistoric specimens. The towering skeleton, nicknamed Gus, was sold