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NPR (Chandelis Duster) - Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million

The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as "Gus" will go up for auction on Tuesday. It's not the first time dinosaur bones have been sold to the highest bidder.

Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is pictured during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City on July 1.'/Open

NYTIMES (Alexandra Marvar and Lauren Lancaster) - Nine Years Later, They’re Still Restoring a House Bought at Auction

First-time buyers from the Bay Area won an abandoned house at a Kingston, N.Y. tax auction. Eight years later, they’re still restoring it.

ABCNEWS - Supreme Court sides with Michigan county in a tax foreclosure case

The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reshape tax foreclosure sales to allow the original owners to keep more money when homes are sold to recoup unpaid taxes

JUSTTHENEWS (Just the News Contributor) - Supreme Court rules governments need not pay fair market value in tax foreclosures

Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson.

NYTIMES (Malia Mendez) - A.I. Chatbot Helps a $100 Thrift Store Painting Sell for Over $250,000

When a son got curious about the origins of a painting his mother bought at a secondhand shop decades ago, Google Gemini had some intriguing thoughts.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Alaska refuge oil auction draws just $3.7 million in bids

This auction was the first of four required lease sales under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump in July 2025. The bill mandates at least four auctions in the wildlife refuge by 2035.cres.

NYTIMES (Julia Halperin and Tim F. Schneider) - Pollock and Brancusi Join the $100 Million Club at Auction

A “drip” painting by the Abstract Expressionist sold for $181.2 million with fees, while a bronze head by the Romanian sculptor, from the S.I. Newhouse collection, brought in $107.6 million at Christie’s.

NYTIMES (Marc Davis) - Artifacts from the Titanic May Soon Be Auctioned

The last time a sale was proposed, the idea drew objections from the U.S. and French governments, and from UNESCO and other cultural institutions.