NEW YORK (AP) - A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000.
The prehistoric deposit fetched $960, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams New York. Its pre-auction estimate was $450.
The fossilized dung is from the Jurassic era, the auction house said. It looks like a rock on the outside and a colorful mineral inside.
The buyer was Steve Tsengas of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The 71-year-old owns OurPets, a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste.
Tsengas bought the dung in hopes of motivating his employees and using it as a marketing tool by displaying it at the company's booth at trade shows, he said.
"Poop," he said, "is a big business in the pet industry."
It's called Coprolite, and currently Ebay has 149 turds out there for sale.
I guess the guy from Fairport Harbor doesnt have a pc.
95% of what's on e-bay is crap...
we've bought quite a few things on ebay, and yeah there is a lot of crap, but there are a lot of unique treasures. we've bought a ton of text books and too many guitars off ebay. i love ebay. :)
well, you know billy, buying and sellinging crap is big business. :)