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Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000
- May 1, 2008 12:02 PM
- By Commodities
The Associated Press
A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000 US.
The prehistoric deposit fetched $960 US, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams New York. Its pre-auction estimate was $450 US.
The fossilized dung is from the Jurassic era, the auction house said. It looks like a rock on the outside and a colourful mineral inside.
The buyer was Steve Tsengas of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The 71-year-old owns OurPets, a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste.
Tsengas bought the dung in hopes of motivating his employees and using it as a marketing tool by displaying it at the company's booth at trade shows, he said.
"Poop," he said, "is a big business in the pet industry."
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