The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
July 12, 2025
Sotheby’s is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth. The natural history-themed sale on Wednesday features a 54-pound hunk of Mars estimated at $2 million to $4 million. Sotheby’s says the meteorite was blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike and traveled 140 miles to Earth, where it was found in the Sahara in Niger in 2023. The auction house also is selling a juvenile Ceratosaurus dinosaur skeleton that’s more than 6 feet tall and nearly 11 feet long. That’s estimated at $4 million to $6 million.
