Woolly mammoth skeleton to fetch up to £250,000 at auction

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LONDON — It's not an item you would usually expect to find in an auction house, but someone will walk away Wednesday as the new owner of a woolly mammoth skeleton

Lot 92 in the Evolution sale — the second of its kind — taking place at Summers Place Auctions in West Sussex, is a 5-metre-high (18-foot), three-metre-wide (11-foot) rare skeleton of an ice age woolly mammoth named Monty.

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Almost 90% of the mammoth's skeleton, which is between 30,000 to 50,000 years old, is still intact. Auctioneers have put a estimate of up to £250,000 ($394,000) on the bones. Read more...

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