About this episode
The episode explores the booming market for dinosaur fossils and its similarities to the art market.
Two years ago, Citadel's Ken Griffin paid almost $45 million for a stegosaurus skeleton, making it the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction. So why are dinosaur bones joining the collections of millionaires instead of museums? How does the private market for fossils actually work? And how similar is it to the market for art and other antiquities? In this episode, we speak with Salomon Aaron, a director at London-based gallery David Aaron, where he is the gallery's in-house broker for dinosaur fossils. We talk about how fossils are found and priced, what it's like to work alongside dinosaur hunters, how his gallery identifies potential buyers, and why Joe thinks something about the birds-to-dinosaurs evolutionary pipeline is off. Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter Join the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Guest: Salomon Aaron
Topics covered
- dinosaur fossils
- private market
- art market
- collectibles
- pricing fossils
- evolutionary biology
Keywords
- dinosaur fossils
- Ken Griffin
- auction
- private market
- pricing
- collectors
- evolution
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Citadel, David Aaron
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