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Tyrannosaurus Sue : the extraordinary saga of the largest, most fought over T. Rex ever found / Steve Fiffer

The 1990 discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue sparked a complex legal battle between commercial hunters, government agencies, and museums. This work chronicles the ownership disputes that culminated in a record-breaking multi-million-dollar auction.

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Accession Number: 6054

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