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Mystery owner of Stan the T rex finally revealed following $31.8m auction

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Paleontologists celebrate ‘happy ending’ as Abu Dhabi museum is revealed as owner, after fearing implications of sale to secret buyer

On 6 October 2020, a mysterious buyer paid a record-breaking $31.8m for the famous Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Stan.

The rare, mostly complete skeleton of the dinosaur quickly vanished from the public eye. Paleontologists were left worried that the auction sale to a secret buyer would drive up the cost of rare skeletons, price out smaller museums and deny researchers – and the public – access to them.

One and a half years later, the buyer has finally been unmasked. Using American trade records, National Geographic magazine tracked the 5.6-ton shipment in May 2021 from New York to the United Arab Emirates.
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Abu Dhabi = Lot of Sand
 
They don't say who owned it in the article title because it's totally boring. Everyone wanted Tom Hanks or Oprah. Museum? Who could care. Click bait.
 
They don't say who owned it in the article title because it's totally boring. Everyone wanted Tom Hanks or Oprah. Museum? Who could care. Click bait.
I'm shocked, shocked to find a dinosaur fossil in a....
 
I'm shocked, shocked to find a dinosaur fossil in a....

I could name a dozen people upon which we could pile untold speculation regarding the bizarre possession. We could pretend someone interesting owned it.
 
I could name a dozen people upon which we could pile untold speculation regarding the bizarre possession. We could pretend someone interesting owned it.
Gary Busey might get up to something interesting with one.
 
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