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Turns Out Rich People Didn’t Really Want a Handbag Made of T. Rex Leather

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Back in April 2025, a team of bioengineers in the UK used collagen harvested from the fossilized remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex to create a lab-grown leather that they turned into a handbag. The plan was to then sell the world’s first T. rex leather purse at auction for somewhere in the neighborhood of €300,000 to €500,000 and prove there was a market for luxury goods made from creatures that have been extinct for 65 million years.

As Agence France-Presse reports, that market may not be as fierce as once thought, as the T. rex purse sold for significantly less than expected.

The bluish, blackish clutch, created by biotech firms The........

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