A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells will be auctioned off on Thursday by Paris auction house Giquello, estimating the “one-of-a-kind” piece could sell for more than US$500,000.Unveiled in the spring in Amsterdam, the bag was created from traces of collagen from the femur of a T. rex found in the US state of Montana 25 years ago.“In recent years, we’ve developed techniques – biotechnologies that allow us to instruct a cell culture to produce, so to speak, genuine T. rex skin in the laboratory,” said Iacopo Briano, a palaeontology expert associated with the sale.
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Bag made from ‘T. rex leather’ to be auctioned in Paris
A unique leather bag crafted from Tyrannosaurus rex cells is set to be auctioned in Paris on Thursday by auction house Giquello. The bag, unveiled in Amsterdam earlier this year, is estimated to fetch over $500,000.
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A unique leather bag crafted from Tyrannosaurus rex cells is set to be auctioned in Paris on Thursday by auction house Giquello. The bag, unveiled in Amsterdam earlier this year, is estimated to fetch over $500,000. Its creation involved using traces of collagen from the femur of a T. rex discovered in Montana 25 years ago. According to palaeontology expert Iacopo Briano, biotechnologies were employed to cultivate T. rex skin in a laboratory setting. This innovative process allowed for the production of what is described as "genuine T. rex skin."
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A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells will be auctioned in Paris.
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The bag was created from traces of collagen from the femur of a T. rex found in Montana 25 years ago.
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The bag is estimated to sell for more than US$500,000.
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Biotechnologies allow us to instruct a cell culture to produce genuine T. rex skin in the laboratory.
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