Going, going, gone: Dodo bone up for auction
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Belinda GoldsmithReutersLONDON - A rare four-inch fragment of a dodo bone will go on sale in Britain in April, around 300 years after the flightless bird and icon of obsolescence was hunted to extinction. Auctioneers Christie's said on Wednesday it was hoping to raise as much as 15,000 pounds ($22,600) for the piece of a bird's femur. The last sale of dodo remains the auction house could find t...