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The skull of a carnivorous Tyrannosaurus dinosaur and the tusk of a mammoth from the Ice Age were sold at auction yesterday. The IM Chait auction was the first the company has had in New York, held in a Manhattan loft on 5th and 29th. While the pieces of history sold for high prices, the final bids were nowhere near as high as the one for the Breakfast at Tiffany's dress, and only a few went for more than the old Velvet Underground album. Seems we all may be a bit more interested in what we find in attics, basements and stoop sales in Chelsea than what is found under layers of history. Then again, if you know someone who owns a Egyptian mummy's hand...