Time to hit the Melbourne Museum! The insect section? Impressively intricate. But the real showstopper? The Triceratops display—with a plot twist worthy of a Hollywood script.
Turns out, this prehistoric rockstar was unearthed in Montana, USA, where property laws are delightfully simple: finders, keepers. So, instead of a high-stakes bidding war at Sotheby’s, Melbourne Museum snagged the fossil in a private deal for a cool AUD 3 million—a prehistoric bargain! The attendant admitted they’re still pinching themselves. If this dino had hit the auction block, it could have fetched 10 times that price. How do they know? Well, Ken Griffin of Citadel casually dropped $45 million on a Stegosaurus at Sotheby’s last year, which was also excavated on American soil in Colorado. Because, apparently, some millionaires collect dinosaurs instead of yachts.
