Largest Martian meteorite sells for a whopping $5.3M at auction: ‘Geological time capsule from another world’

Source: New York Post

This record-breaking rock had losing bidders seeing red. At one of Sotheby’s Geek Week events, hosted at NYC’s own American Museum of Natural History, this Martian meteorite smashed through bidding expectations, which were between $2M to $4M. See Also Largest chunk of Mars on Earth expected to fetch up to $4M at Sotheby’s auction This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though.