Sue The T. rex - The Sotheby's Auction - Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette

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The Bidding

An auction Paddle.
Only 9 people had the paddles which entitled them to bid.

This group wanted to take Sue back to South Dakota (c)1997 E. Summer [39KB]
These bidders wanted
to take Sue
back to South Dakota. The standing room only crowd waited.
The crowd was
standing room only!

The board would show the minute to minute bidding.
The price board at the start of the auction.

At 10:17 am EDT, the bidding began with US $500,000.
At 10:18 am, the bidding was up to $3.5 million.
3 million dollars bid.
At 11:20 the bidding reached $6 million.
At 11:21 it was at $7 million.
At 11:22, $7.2 million.
There were some long, long pauses.
At 11:23, someone bid $7.6 million.
At 11:24, David Redden, the auctioneer, slammed down the hammer,
and "Sue" was sold for US$7.6 million.
David Redden of Sotheby's. (c)1997 E. Summer, All Rights Reserved, [47KB]
And the winners were....

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These bidders wanted to take Sue back to South Dakota.	The crowd was standing room only!
The price board at the start of the auction.