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Selling the Largest Triceratops Ever Found

The original buyer and seller of “Big John” discuss their feelings about the sale.

Aired 10/18/2023

Secrets of the Dead

Selling the Largest Triceratops Ever Found

Clip: Season 20 Episode 6 | 2m 23sVideo has Closed Captions

The original buyer and seller of “Big John” discuss their feelings about the sale.

Flavio Bacchia, the original buyer of Triceratops skeleton “Big John,” discusses his deliberations around the initial purchase. And on the other side, commercial paleontologist Walter Stein reflects on his conflicted feelings about selling to a private buyer, but why he ultimately chose to sell.

Aired 10/18/2023

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