Is a spinosaurus skeleton being auctioned off in Paris?”
A Paris evolution-themed auction next month will feature everything from a tiny Cretaceous dragonfly to an over Other items to go on the auction block starting tomorrow include 470-million-year-old trilobites, fossilized dinosaur teeth, an astronaut glove and a pair of cloth space diapers. The latter, in a bright shade of green, were made for Russia’s space team. The trilobites could go for around $3,000, while the Spinosaurus is expected to fetch about $750,000. The sale, at Drouot-Montaigne, starts December 1 and will last for two days. I have mixed feelings. As other analysts have commented, the popularity of such auctions reflects a renewed interest in science and nature. Hopefully some of these collectors have also shelled out money for conservation and other charity efforts. On the other hand, I well remember a conversation I had some years ago with paleontologist Kevin Padian at UC Berkeley. He chewed my head off because Discovery at the time was selling fossils and other scient
