A dog neighbour, destroyed by a meteor strike from outer space, is expected to raise up to $300,000 at a Christie’s auction that ends on Wednesday, and a piece of Mars is expected to fetch up to $800,000.
Sharjah 24 – Archyde.com:
This canine nest destroyed by a meteor strike from outer space could fetch up to $300,000 at a Christie’s auction.
It is the most unusual item that has been up for sale, since the auction began on February 9th.
Rocky the dog, a Shepherd, was inside the den but narrowly escaped when a meteor smashed through the tin roof in April 2019 in Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica.
Christie’s said a hole more than 17 centimeters in diameter indicated the meteorite hole in the roof and the dog’s yard.
Daryl Peet, in charge of the Makovich meteorite collection, and an auction consultant, said the meteorite nearly crushed the dog, but luckily it survived.
Christie’s said in a statement that the sale of 66 items, which is taking place online only, and will end on Wednesday, includes “meteorites containing the oldest material that can be touched by a human hand.”
A piece of Mars is expected to fetch up to $800,000, the highest price in this auction, and this piece is the third largest rock from Mars, found on Earth.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said in an interview that the pieces on display include rocks that were ejected by larger meteorites coming from the Moon or Mars, and added that these rocks separated from the meteorites, and swam in space, some of them landing on Earth.
Offers are pouring out on many of the auction pieces called “Deep Impact: Meteors of Mars, the Moon and Other Rare Group”, after space has become the desired in our world today with the launch of SpaceX, the first space crew launched by a private company in the world, and the screening of the nominated movie “Don’t Look Up” for the Academy Award, for a comet quickly heading toward Earth.