Missouri’s Picture Cave is considered by leading archaeologists as “the most important rock art site in North America.” On September 14th this year Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers is selling the Picture Cave at auction and according to their website the millennia old ancient site is estimated to be worth 1-3 million dollars (854,000-2,560,000 Euros).
Picture Cave is located on a private estate amidst a wild and hostile environment in eastern central Missouri. The site is “not” open to the public, so don’t even think about it. The cave is however open to Myotis sodalis, a rare indigenous colony of Indiana bats that according to the National Wildlife Federation is on the endangered list.
The site for sale comprises a two-cave system, which according to the website of archaeologist Professor Michael Fuller, holds almost 300 Native American polychrome paintings, and is hidden deep within 43 acres (17 hectares) of wild undeveloped woodland.
