Bid at auction to keep Ice Age family together

A family of prehistoric mammoth skeletons may have to be split up after they failed to sell as a group at auction.

The collection of four Ice Age forms, went under the hammer for the first time in West Sussex yesterday.

The lot included a one-year-old infant, only the second known complete baby mammoth skeleton in the world. They were expected to fetch between £250,000 and £400,000 but the highest bid reached was £240,000.

Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst is still inviting offers.