Bill Gates could buy her on a whim. So, for that matter, could Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton or Madonna. She would make a terrific conversation piece--one of the biggest and most complete fossil skeletons of Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. She's called Sue, and she's for sale to the highest bidder.
No one knows what will happen, of course, when Sue goes up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City this Saturday. She may well end up in a natural history museum, rather than as a lawn ornament of the rich and famous.
But Sue has gone on the block in...
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