new york a pile of 130 million years old dinosaur dung was sold at a new york auction for nearly usd 1000 the prehistoric deposit fetched usd 960 at wednesdays auction said a spokeswoman for bonhams new york its preauction estimate was usd 450 the fossilized dung is from the jurassic era the auction house said it looks like a rock on the outside and a colourful mineral inside the buyer was steve tsengas of fairport harbor ohio the 71yearold owns ourpets a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste tsengas bought the dung in hopes of motivating his employees and using it as a marketing tool by displaying it at the companys booth at trade shows he said poop he said is a big business in the pet industry the auction also included an 18carat gold box shaped like a crab by lapidary artist manfred wild it sold for usd 168000 meteorites from the collection of ron oriti sold for usd 95313