This was the first time such an historical and rare piece was auctioned off. But as popular as the Mars meterorite was, a ...

The Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars that has been recovered, according to the auction house.

Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...

Earth's Martian material goes up for auction at a prestigious auction house this week. The estimate? $2-4 million in Earth ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars, believed to be the largest piece of the planet currently on Earth, sold in a Sotheby’s auction for $5.3 million after a 15-minute bidding war to quickly become the most ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth sold at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday.

A 54-pound Martian meteorite, the largest ever discovered on Earth, sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby’s. Learn about its ...

This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did it fetch the highest price of any meteorite ever, it’s also the largest, ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that at some point crashed into Earth sold Wednesday, July 16 to an anonymous bidder for a record $5.3 million.

The auction of the largest piece of Mars on Earth exceeded Sotheby's expectations, fetching US$5.3 million.

It sold for more than the maximum estimated price of $4 million. On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.