Market prices for fossils — by species, size, and quality — tracked
across dealers and auction houses since 2019.
retail listing
sold
auction result
monthly median
Specimens
Specimen
Material
Quality
Size
Latest price
Kind
Date
Source
Price evolution
A size- and quality-adjusted price index per fossil type (hedonic regression),
indexed to 100 at each series' first period. Unlike $/inch, this isolates real
price movement from changes in size and quality mix — so the lines show how each
type actually appreciated, on a common scale. Switch to Standard specimen $
to read the fitted dollar price of a median-sized, clean specimen of each type over
time. Most lines are quarterly; thin-but-tradeable series (e.g. T. rex teeth) fall
back to an annual index, marked in the legend. Single-species lines are most
reliable; "(various)" groups, annual lines, and pre-2023 levels (from archived
listings that captured only top-priced items) are noisier — read those as indicative.
Fossil valuation
Describe your fossil and we'll appraise it against every sale we've tracked —
the same size-, condition-, and variety-adjusted model behind the Deal Finder.
Asking-price based; a fast private sale usually lands below the low end.
Condition
Estimated market value
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Closest tracked specimens
Deal finder
Pick a fossil type. We fit the market's price-vs-size curve from every sale we've
seen (adjusting for size, completeness, skeletal element, and variety), then rank
what's listed right now by how far it sits below that typical price.