{"id":19089,"date":"2019-04-25T13:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T21:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay\/"},"modified":"2019-04-25T13:36:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T21:36:05","slug":"selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling A T-Rex On eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2019\/04\/25\/717274444\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=business\" rel=\"nofollow&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Stacey Vanek Smith<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2019\/04\/25\/717274444\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=business\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1100-c15.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1100.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-crop-type>\n<div>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A recreation of the rare Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton currently up for grabs on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>                <b aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Alan Dietrich<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Alan Dietrich<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES717279813\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK MEDIAPROMO PRIMARY\" --><\/p>\n<p>More than 60 million years ago, the Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America. Today, they&#8217;re fetching 7 figures from museums and private buyers all over the world. There is a thriving market for dinosaur fossils and T-Rex is at the top of the food chain&#8230; but some people say this market is bad for science.<\/p>\n<p>Today on The Indicator: the economics of dinosaur fossils. How does one come to own a T-Rex? Who buys them? And&#8230; aren&#8217;t fossils priceless?<\/p>\n<p><em>Music: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcom.com\/en-us\/explore\/albums\/8012\/LONDON-CALLING\"><em>&#8220;Dinosaur Rock&#8221;<\/em><\/a><em>. Find us: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theindicator\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em> \/ <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?ref=home#%21\/planetmoney?ref=ts\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> \/ <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/newsletter\/money\"><em>Newsletter<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to our show on <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-indicator-from-planet-money\/id1320118593?mt=2\"><em>Apple Podcasts<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/pca.st\/tLRP\"><em>PocketCasts<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/n.pr\/indicator\"><em>NPR One<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2019\/04\/25\/717274444\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=business\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Selling A T-Rex On eBay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2019\/04\/25\/717274444\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=business<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2019\/04\/25\/717274444\/selling-a-t-rex-on-ebay?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=business\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1100-c15.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1100.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1200.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-crop-type>\n<div>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/04\/25\/son-of-samson--4ea61171628191c5bd221b464ace0053265ec7cd-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A recreation of the rare Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton currently up for grabs on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>                <b aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Alan Dietrich<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Alan Dietrich<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RES717279813\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK MEDIAPROMO PRIMARY\" --><\/p>\n<p>More than 60 million years ago, the Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America. Today, they&#8217;re fetching 7 figures from museums and private buyers all over the world. There is a thriving market for dinosaur fossils and T-Rex is at the top of the food chain&#8230; but some people say this market is bad for science.<\/p>\n<p>Today on The Indicator: the economics of dinosaur fossils. How does one come to own a T-Rex? Who buys them? And&#8230; aren&#8217;t fossils priceless?<\/p>\n<p><em>Music: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcom.com\/en-us\/explore\/albums\/8012\/LONDON-CALLING\"><em>&#8220;Dinosaur Rock&#8221;<\/em><\/a><em>. 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