What other types of dinosaur fossils are rare or valuable?
DH: Another top collectible would be a T-Rex skull. I have never sold one, but I have sold T-Rex bones. Their teeth are more poplar than the teeth of other dinosaurs. Anything from a T-Rex will maintain its value. When it comes to dinosaurs, carnivores are the most popular. They definitely beat out the herbivores. Other examples are any fossils from the Tyrannosaurid family. Next would be the Raptor family of dinosaurs. Raptors are really popular because of Jurassic Park. It really highlighted them. What should a buyer expect to pay for this type of fossil? DH: Small T-Rex bones sell for about $500, or they can go as low as $300 to $350 for a small tail vertebrate. A skull can sell for just over $1 million. A duck-billed dinosaur skull can go for as little as $30,000, but then, they were herbivores. Have prices fallen for dinosauria because of the current economy? DH: Prices haven’t fallen, but there aren’t as many buyers. The demand is steady, though, and prices are increasing. The la
