Auction house holds annual sale of rare and unusual meteorites – expected to be sold for millions of pounds
A kennel struck by a meteorite, a hunk of Mars and other examples of the “oldest matter humankind can touch” are expected to be sold for millions of pounds today, as Christie’s holds its annual sale of rare and unusual meteorites.
Included in the 66 lots on “Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and other Rare Meteorites” is a dog house hit by a meteorite which crashed through the tin roof in April 2019 in Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica. Expected to sell for as much as £220,000 it boasts a seven-inch hole which “marks where the meteorite punctured the roof”, according to the catalogue.
