T-Rex Auction

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Going Once, Going Twice: Dinosaur Bones Are Up For Auction In Las Vegas (PHOTOS)
Read more at: Only in Vegas would they... auction off dinosaur bones? This mammoth auction taking place on October 3rd at the Venetian is predicted to gross about $6 million. Up for auction are a T-rex, a woolly mammoth, and about 50 other fossils. You can take a look at what's for sale here in our slideshow. Be sure to vote for your favorites.


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This 450-pound skull belongs to 40-foot-long Samson. The head is being kept separate from the rest of her body.

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Visitors in Las Vegas take a break from the city's other distractions to check out the old bones. Bonhams and Butterfields, the house that will be conducting Saturday's auction, expects to make about $6 million on Samson's bones.


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Samson was discovered in South Dakota in 1992. She is the 3rd most complete T-Rex ever unearthed.

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Samson's foot is huge!

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Remember Ducky from 'The Land Before Time?' This 28-foot long Hadrosaurid, or duck-billed, dinosaur skeleton is also part of the auction.

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These big dino teeth will be auctioned off.

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This Woolly Mammoth has 90% of its original bones - you can buy them all at the auction!


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Standing 11 feet tall, the woolly mammoth is predicted to sell for about $200,000.

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