A meteorite believed to have come from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter sold for $93,000 at an auction of rare space sculptures.

The 355-pound chunk of iron, thousands of years old and discovered in the Campo del Cielo crater field in Argentina, was one of 10 meteorites that went for high prices at a Bonhams’ New York natural history auction.

The pristine meteorite, known as “Valley of the Sky,” was purchased by a private collector in the United States who bid by phone and plans to display it as a work of art, said Thomas Lindgren, acting director of the natural history division for Bonhams auction house.

“This is art, not from man, but from outer space,” Lindgren said. The auction house had expected it to sell for between $40,000 and $50,000.

A two-gram piece of the Moon sold for $4,250, and a space rock with an unique, naturally formed hole that was found in Africa went for $42,000, nearly twice the pre-sale estimate. The second highest price for a meteorite at the auction was for one with naturally occurring glittering gemstones. It sold for $11,950, well above its estimate of $3,200.