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$15 million Leica camera was owned by the man who democratized photography

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

When the hammer came down on 11 June 2022 in Vienna, Leitz Photographica had broken its own world auction record for the seventh consecutive time. Apart from a charity auction (which we don't count), only 12 cameras have ever sold for more than a million dollars, all of them at Leitz Photographica. This must rate as a new definition for

Vienna’s Leitz Photographica Auctions celebrated its 20th year in business this week when it sold the camera of the man who invented 35-mm photography for €14,400,000 (US$15,147,360), smashing the previous world record of €2,400,000.

Category: Photography, Technology

Tags: World Records, Auction, Man Ray, Leica, Leitz Photographica, Sotheby’s

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$2.53-million Toyota 2000GT becomes most expensive Japanese Car in History

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

With the sale of the Shelby Toyota 2000 GT for US$2,535,000 at Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island auction on March 5, 2022, the Toyota 2000 GT regained its crown as the most expensive Japanese car sold at auction.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, Tr… Continue reading $2.53-million Toyota 2000GT becomes most expensive Japanese Car in History→

Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

Upon reading last year’s report on this auction (due to Covid-19 the traditional Mecum Las Vegas auction was run in April/May instead of January) in 2021, it would have been easy to take the text, change a few dates and republish, at least for the topl… Continue reading Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022→

Emergent trends from the biggest motorcycle auction of 2022

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

Mecum kicks off 2022 with biggest car auction in history

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

The collector car marketplace commenced 2022 on a high note, with a spectacular showing by Mecum Auctions at its annual New Year Kissimmee (Florida) event, significantly increasing the world record gross for a single automotive auction event with a tot… Continue reading Mecum kicks off 2022 with biggest car auction in history→

The highlights of the 2021 science, sci-fi and technology auction year

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

This is the second part of a two-part overview of the 2021 auction year – a year where investors channeled more of their wealth into “investments of passion” than ever before.

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

Tags: Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Propstore, University Archives (Auction House), Bonhams, Heritage Auctions, Fonsie Mealey, Ketterer Kunst, Aristotle, mario bros., RR Auction, Marc van de Wiele Auctions, Albert Einstein, Doyle New York, Malling-Hansen “Writing Ball”, Gregor Mendel, Hakes Auctions, Boba Fett, star wars, Stormtrooper Helmet, Nintendo, Thomas Malthus, Superman, René Descartes, Matteo Ricci , Adam Smith, Steve Jobs, steve wosniak, Samuel de Champlain, Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, N64 Nintendo, Abraham Ortelius, Star Trek, Andy Warhol, Battle of Goliad, Resident Evil, Nobel prizes, John James Audubon, The Birds of America, Enigma Machine, Euclid, Lightsabers, Copernicus, Mark Catesby, Apple-1 Computer, Back to the Future, Triceratops, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, Ptolemy, Johannes Kepler, Apollo Guidance Computer, The North American Indian

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Four-page autograph Nikola Tesla letter fetches $340,000 at auction

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

Tesla these days is known as a brand of EV that is storming the world, but 120 years ago, Nikola Tesla was one of the most important innovators on the planet. Evidence of the gravitas of the Tesla name was on full display at an auction at Remarkable Ra… Continue reading Four-page autograph Nikola Tesla letter fetches $340,000 at auction→

Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

Tags: Art, Most-Expensive, World’s Most Expensive, Video Games, Valuable-Scientific-Manuscripts, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Patek Philippe, NFT (Non-fungible token), Christie’s, Sotheby’s, RM-Sothebys, Gooding & Co, Bonhams, Artcurial, McLaren, Ferrari, Shelby, AC Cobra, Mercedes-Benz, Delage, Aston Martin, Baseball, basketball, NFL, Poly Auction Beijing, Poly Auction HK, Bugatti, Tim Berners-Lee, Audemars Piguet, Memory Lane Auctions, Heritage Auctions, Goldin Auctions, Lamborghini, Superman, Spider-Man, ComicConnect.com, Banksy, Lelands Auctions, Stutz, Rock Island Auctions, Stacks Bowers Auctions, Mile High Auctions, Macallan Whisky, Porsche, Rolex, Lexus, Space Suit, mario bros.

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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

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Einstein-Besso “theory of relativity” manuscript fetches $13 million

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Mike Hanlon

Christie's Exceptional Sale in Paris on 23 November 2021 produced some remarkable results, the most valuable being the €11.6-million (US$13-million) sale of a 54-page manuscript by Albert Einstein and Swiss engineer Michele Besso

A 54-page document handwritten in 1913-1914 by Albert Einstein and Swiss engineer Michele Besso, sold in Paris earlier today for €11.6 million (US$13.0 million). It’s not the most valuable document ever written by Einstein by any measure, but it is the most paid in nearly eight decades for an autograph document by history’s most celebrated scientist.

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

Tags: Albert Einstein, Christie’s, relativity

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