France Auction Dinosaur

Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.

The skeletons two Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaurs, a Diplodocus and an Allosaurus are being auctioned on April 11 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. The dinosaur skeletons are being marketed as hip interior design objects -- for those with big enough living rooms.

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for more than one million euros at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon late Saturday, the Aguttes auction house said.

Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.

The skeletons two Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaurs, a Diplodocus and an Allosaurus are being auctioned on April 11 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. The dinosaur skeletons are being marketed as hip interior design objects -- for those with big enough living rooms.

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for more than one million euros at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon late Saturday, the Aguttes auction house said.