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A handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the United States, intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather, will go under the hammer in Paris on June 11, 2026. The teal-colored bag was on display at Drouot auction house on June 9 ahead of the auction. It is expected to fetch between 300,000 to 500,000 euros ($347,000 - 578,000 approx). Scientists behind the initiative said the material was developed using ancient protein fragments extracted from dinosaur remains, found in Montana in the 2000s, which were inserted into an unidentified animal's cell to produce collagen that was turned into leather. The handbag was designed by experimental garment brand Enfin Leve.

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00:00I know that the heritage of the dinosaur, as you know, are the birds.
00:04This is the cat.
00:05Great attention, since we are going to have...
00:08Is it a unique piece?
00:11It was created by a company.
00:13Because it has been treated.
00:15It has a perspective incredible, scientific, but you know,
00:19you know, until the end of the day, it was bought.
00:24And we can put things in there, of course.
00:32This is from the 4th edition, Tentacion.
01:00And at the same time, it comes from an animal that is destroyed.
01:05It had to invent a price.
01:10The fossils of dinosaurs, the impact of Jurassic Park is huge.
01:14The象 in the atención
01:37The象 in the
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