was also still in prison. and there were rumors that sue was going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. it really was obvious to me by that time that the only way to get her away from maurice williams was through sotheby s. all of us was aware that the auction was taking place. it would probably sell for $1 million or $2 million. the big fear was that it was going to be sold to some private individual. i know there were a lot of people concerned that it might be bought by an institution in a foreign country. that was a big concern with the media, that it was going to be sold and lost to science and sold and put in a private room someplace. we always felt an extraordinary obligation to get this fossil to the right home. clearly, there were a lot of really interested parties that were hoping and praying they had a shot. we had dreams after the auction started developing that perhaps we could buy her back. a wonderful philanthropist from our area, stan adelstein,
from our area, sam adelstein, really wanted to help get sue back to south dakota. in visiting with pete, i was fascinated with the possibility that we d have this fantastic dinosaur back in the state where she belonged. stan came ready and willing to spend $1.2 million of his own money. i just had hopes we could make it work. stanford adelstein will bid on sue. sue has travelled a rocky road since she was found. right now larson s heart is broken. he s lost his most important find and cannot even see her soul, because larson is under house arrest. i m still only on work release. so they ask me to go out there. so they flew he out to new york and i helped them kind of unpack some of the bones. so much was still in jackets. we left those in jackets. we felt that was, first of all, the right thing to do, scientifically, but also, it looked fascinating. absolutely fascinating.
someplace. we always felt an extraordinary obligation to get this fossil to the right home. clearly, there were a lot of really interested parties that were hoping and praying they had a chance. we had dreams, after the auction started developing, that perhaps we could buy her back. a wonderful philanthropist from our area, sam aid lstein, really wanted to help get sue back to south dakota. in visiting with pete, i was fascinated with the possibility that we d have this fantastic dinosaur back in the state where she belonged. stan came ready and willing to spend $1.2 million of his own money. i just had hopes we could make it work. stanforded a addelstein will on sue. sue has travelled a rocky road since she was found. right now larson s heart is broken. he s lost his most important find and cannot even see her
and of course, the centerpiece of it all was that astonishing skull. absolutely amazing. kristen and stan adelstein are there. they re going to try to buy the dinosaur for us. and terry winston is there, the guy who fought for this dinosaur forever. susan hendricks is there. everybody s anticipating this auction. and i m thinking, we have a chance, we have a chance. sotheby s had arranged for one of the people who normally would be taking bids to give me a running detail on the telephone about what was happening at the auction. i was at the institute too. i could not bear to listen to the phone. it was too much. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby s.
soul, because larson is under house arrest. i m still only on work release. so they ask me to go out there. so they flew he out to new york and i helped them kind of unpack some of the bones. so much was still in jackets. we left those in jackets. we felt that was, first of all, the right thing to do, scientifical scientifically, but also, it looked fascinating. absolutely fascinating. and of course, the centerpiece of it all was that astonishing skull. absolutely amazing. kristen and stan adelstein are there. they re going to try to buy the dinosaur for us. and terry winston is there, the guy who fought for this dinosaur forever. susan hendricks is there. everybody s anticipating this auction. and i m thinking, we have a chance, we have a chance. sotheby s had arranged for one of the people who normally would be taking bids to give me a running detail on the telephone about what was happening at the auction. i was at the institute too. i could not bear to listen to