Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin Buys 150 Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus for $46 million —Making It Most Expensive Fossil Ever Sold (www.forbes.com)

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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

Fuck. Sotheby's.

Selling things that aren't theirs since 1744.

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You 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.

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 3 months ago

Most Expensive Fossil Ever Sold

That's just because presidential campaign backers usually like to keep quiet about their contributions.

[-] Rayspekt@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Oof size big

[-] Zier@fedia.io 18 points 3 months ago

I thought Supreme Court Justice Thomas was the most expensive fossil ever sold.

[-] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

From what I hear he was actually rather inexpensive. If I was in his place I'd be insulted by the price he gets.

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Imagine 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.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Only thirty cents a year.

Ken Griffin basically stole that.

[-] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 3 months ago

That was my first thought.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I want to make this man eat my hat

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

I want to make this man shit your hat.

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Did he use a bedpost as the bidding paddle?

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

How come you can buy fossils?

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Someone discovered it on private land.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 months ago

Trump offered himself to oil executives for a billion.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Hasn't Putin already paid $500 million for that fossil?

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The Sotheby's auction video: https://youtu.be/3dHae6bQ7PA

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