{"id":133239,"date":"2025-07-22T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=133239"},"modified":"2025-07-22T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:30:09","slug":"blockbuster-auctions-of-dinosaur-skeletons-dont-do-science-any-favoursunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=133239","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster auctions of dinosaur skeletons don\u2019t do science any favoursUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostFew people know that the great auction houses of the United States and Europe are not only some of the world\u2019s largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery and collectibles, they are also catering to the booming demand for prehistoric fossils. Auction houses are involved in selling these specimens to rich private collectors.<br \/>\nLast week, a juvenile specimen of Ceratosaurus nasicornis, one of the four skeletons of the ancient species known to exist, was auctioned off by Sotheby\u2019s for&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3319007\/blockbuster-auctions-dinosaur-skeletons-dont-do-science-any-favours?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostFew people know that the great auction houses of the United States and Europe are not only some of the world\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}