Mystery winner buys T-rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million at auction

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil nicknamed 'Gus' sold for $50.1 million at a Sotheby's auction, setting a new record for the most expensive dinosaur bones ever auctioned. The 67-million-year-old specimen, discovered in South Dakota, outbid the previous record of a stegosaurus sold for $45 million in 2024 and a T. rex named 'Stan' sold for $32 million in 2020.