A juvenile dinosaur fossil, Ceratosaurus nasicornis, has sold at Sotheby’s New York for US$30.5 million (£22.7 million). It is part of a recent resurgence of art-market interest in fossils and natural history—paleontology and geology especially. Indeed, this latest dinosaur sale was part of an auction specifically dedicated to natural history.
Why it’s not a problem that dinosaurs are sold for millions of dollars—according to art historian
