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Bag made from ‘T. rex leather’ to be auctioned in Paris
A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells will be auctioned in Paris by Giquello, with an estimated price exceeding US$500,000. The bag was created using collagen traces from a T. rex femur found in Montana 25 years ago and biotechnologies to produce 'genuine T. rex skin'.
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