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2021 is shaping as big year for both the science fiction genre and movie memorabilia in general. The sale of a first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818 – the first novel of the science fiction genre) for US$1,170,000 already marks it as a ban… Continue reading Marty McFly’s $500,000 Hoverboard and the most expensive movie weapon ever
One of the first personal computers ever sold – a 1976 Apple-1 – fetched US$500,000 at auction yesterday, but it might well be one of the auction bargains of the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Collectibles, LifestyleTags: Apple, Computer, Collecting Continue reading Why this $500,000 Apple-1 Computer was a bargain
Japanese auction house Bingo and Yahoo! Auctions Japan jointly sold the most valuable Japanese motorcycle in auction history on October 31 when a near-perfect 2016 Honda RC213V-S sold for ¥27,100,000 (US$237,700), eclipsing the previous record held by … Continue reading Honda RC213V-S becomes most expensive Japanese motorcycle in auction history
It’s coming up 50 years since mankind last set foot on the Moon. In perhaps the most privileged activity ever available to our species, just 12 human beings have done it, the first being Neil Armstrong on 21 July 1969 and the last was Gene Cernan on 11… Continue reading Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 EVA Cuff Checklist poised to set auction records
It would be reasonable to expect that it might be a slow year at auction for science, technology and science-fiction, but 2021 is on track for a record. So far this year we have seen Isaac Newton’s revisions to Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica sell in London for £1,702,500 (about US$2,350,000), an Albert Einstein letter with his famous E=mc2 equation in his handwriting sell for $1,243,707, a copy of Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian fetch $950,000, a Steve Jobs-signed Apple II Manual sell for $787,484 and an Apollo Guidance Computer fetch $746,000 … and the next month promises as much again.
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
Tags: Sotheby’s, Christie’s, RR Auction, Isaac Newton, Heritage Auctions, Charles Darwin
Continue reading Science and sci-fi memorabilia booming at auction
The Villa d’Este is a 16th-century villa near Rome, which was for centuries a residence of the aristocracy – princesses, marquises, sultans, tsars and Popes have lived there. Since 1873, the villa has been one of the most charming and celebrated five-s… Continue reading The spectacular cars of the 2021 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
The 2021 Concours of Elegance presented by A. Lange & Söhne was held at Hampton Court Palace last weekend, with the prestigious “Best in Show” award, voted by the owners of the cars on display, going to a unique art deco rolling sculpture known as the … Continue reading Concours of Elegance “Best of Show” goes to art deco Voisin C-27 Aérosport
The most valuable comic in the world has always been Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman and the beginning of the entire superhero genre) … until a few hours ago when a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15 (the first appearance of Spider-Man) … Continue reading Spider-Man surpasses Batman and Superman as world’s most valuable comic
While it has always been overshadowed by the rarer Mercedes-Benz 540K Spezial Roadster, the Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A is still regarded by many as the prettiest of the 540K siblings, with an outright win at the 1973 Pebble Beach Concours d’Eleganc… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A takes 2021 Salon Privé “Best of Show”
The most pressing question hovering over the spectacular 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links last Sunday afternoon was whether such mass elegance could ever be matched again. In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important … Continue reading Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance