The boom started in 2018 when Aguttes, a French auction house, sold the almost-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur (thought to be a relative of Allosaurus fragilis) for $2.4m at a glamorous event on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower.

繁荣始于 2018 年，当时法国拍卖行 Aguttes 在埃菲尔铁塔一楼举办的一场盛大活动中以 240 万美元的价格售出了一具几乎完整的食肉恐龙骨架（被认为是脆弱异特龙的近亲）。