Salomon Aaron

It's case dependent.

So there are a lot of museums that will shy away or completely forbid interaction with the private market.

And then there are some which are much more willing or excited to do so.

And I understand the sensitivities around it, but each museum is different.

There are many that will just not accept the loan full stop.

But you have to kind of really try to build trust and, for example, be very upfront with the museum.

I'm arranging this loan, not because I want to increase the value of the specimen so it can be sold at auction in three years time.

And this is how I will make you feel comfortable.

This is the private buyer.

His plan is genuinely to donate it.

And it's quite an interesting opportunity, really, because

As we entered the dinosaur fossil space, you know, we realized that, you know, when you visit an art museum, you look on the walls and you see kind of lines of art patrons.

And when you visit the natural history museums, that doesn't really exist because there isn't that same ecosystem for kind of.

patron groups or friends or collectors, because it's a recently developing market.

So hopefully, and of course, like with every market, there's the benefits and the disadvantages that the market will kind of cultivate the next generation of patrons that will interact with museums.

I don't know what Ken Griffin's plan is for Apex, but, you know, he's as soon as he acquired it, it's on public display in New York.

And, you know, I think everyone's kind of enjoying looking at it and visiting the museum.

And I would imagine that maybe, you know, that he's thinking in his mind that he's going to donate it or gift it at some point.

I think we have seen that.

People often come to us and say, okay, would you recommend, and I have it with friends, when I meet my school friends, they always say, come on, Sal, find me a bone.