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Controversial 16th Century adventurer Samuel de Champlain penned two of history’s most captivating travel books, chronicling his exploration and mapping of much of the North American continent and his founding of New France.
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Tags: Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Samuel de Champlain
Continue reading Champlain’s adventures now world’s second-most expensive travel book
People have been collecting helmets for thousands of years, with the finest specimens either closely held or having long ago gone to museums … so when the world’s finest private collection sold at Christie’s this week, it rewrote the record books with seven of the top 20 prices of all-time.
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Tags: Museum, Christie’s, Helmet
Continue reading Armour museum’s helmet auction rewrites the record books
The Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY) overnight announced the winners of the five 2024 categories in this year’s award: Family Car, Large Car, SUV, Exclusive Car and 4×4 & Pick-Up.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, Transport Continue reading Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year 2024 Category winners
Records galore fell at Heritage Auctions’ Greg Jein Collection sale of science fiction memorabilia last weekend, with the auction grossing US$13.6 million to surpass Christie’s 1999 auction of The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe to become the second-highest grossing Hollywood auction in history, behind only Profiles in History’s blockbuster Debbie Reynolds Collection Auction trilogy (2011).
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Tags: Star Trek, star wars, Science Fiction, Heritage Auctions, Profiles in History, Propstore, Julien’s Auctions
Continue reading Greg Jein Sci-fi collection – an overview of the records
Cruise, General Motors (GM) and Honda have announced plans for a joint venture that will begin a driverless ridehail service in Japan in early 2026, pending regulatory approvals. The new service, named Cruise Origin, will be purpose built as a driverle… Continue reading GM+Honda+Cruise prepare for 2026 launch of driverless taxis in Japan
Greg Jein is sci-fi royalty. He built the detailed miniature filming models that we gasped at in many of the movies and television series that shaped our view of the future, at the same time as assembling a collection of the finest movie props from an … Continue reading The sci-fi sale of the century
As technology continues to offer new capabilities, the old adage that “there is always a better way” is becoming increasingly true, and sometimes it just requires a multi-disciplinary approach to a problem to transform the effectiveness of the solution… Continue reading The ingenious cardboard bed
A century ago in 1923, around 23 prototype 35-mm cameras were produced to test and evaluate the new format and the revolutionary design of the first 35-mm camera, leading to the creation of the landmark Leica A camera in 1925. Just 12 of those Leica 0-… Continue reading One of the original Leica 0-Series prototypes from 1923 is for sale
Nissan has released the first imagery of its 20-30 Concept, a sporty Micra-sized EV with bold sports styling. The plan is that by 2028, Nissan EVs will have solid-state batteries, reducing the cost of electrical energy storage by 65%, and enabling pock… Continue reading Pictorial: Nissan’s “Urban GoKart” EV 20-30 Concept
The movie industry got off to an inauspicious start on 28 December 1895 at the Grand Cafe in Paris. Just 30 of the 100 seats set for the occasion were occupied, and the Lumière brothers’ famous cinématographe projector sat on a step ladder at the center.
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Tags: movie posters, Video, Sotheby’s, Heritage Auctions
Continue reading The world’s first movie poster set to smash auction records