Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin Buys 150 Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus for $46 million —Making It Most Expensive Fossil Ever Sold
Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin Buys 150 Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus for $46 million —Making It Most Expensive Fossil Ever Sold
The 20-foot-long set of stegosaurus bones sold for more than seven times its expected price.
Fuck. Sotheby's.
Selling things that aren't theirs since 1744.
33You do realize that the owners of the things they sell are the ones who commission then to sell their things for them, right?
Anyway, the problem isn't auction houses, it's the ultra-wealthy driving prices of the things they desire to insane levels. And the reason it's a problem is because those prices are totally artificial and grossly inflated, solely for said ultra-wealthy to hide their wealth in the artificially expensive things they buy and avoid paying taxes that would benefit you and me and the whole of society.
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Most Expensive Fossil Ever Sold
That's just because presidential campaign backers usually like to keep quiet about their contributions.
23Oof size big
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I thought Supreme Court Justice Thomas was the most expensive fossil ever sold.
18From what I hear he was actually rather inexpensive. If I was in his place I'd be insulted by the price he gets.
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He earned none of that money. It should rightfully be forcefully removed and given back to all the small businesses he fucked hard in the ass.
16Imagine having enough money to be able to waste it on a dinosaur skeleton for no reason other than to fucking have it. And it doesn't even make a difference in your net worth. This kind of shit makes me so damn depressed. I mean more than I already am.
12Only thirty cents a year.
Ken Griffin basically stole that.
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10That was my first thought.
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I want to make this man eat my hat
8I want to make this man shit your hat.
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Did he use a bedpost as the bidding paddle?
6How come you can buy fossils?
5Someone discovered it on private land.
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Trump offered himself to oil executives for a billion.
4Hasn't Putin already paid $500 million for that fossil?
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The Sotheby's auction video: https://youtu.be/3dHae6bQ7PA
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