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T-Rex leather handbag failed to sell at auction for $500k

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According to Boing Boing, a blue-black handbag made from lab-grown T-Rex leather failed to sell at auction despite a half-million-dollar asking price. The product's actual appearance bore little resemblance to its glossy promotional photos, apparently explaining why luxury buyers passed on this prehistoric experiment.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/06/15/t-rex-leather-handbag-f...

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