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Isaac Newton’s hand-written revisions to Principia fetch $2.35 million

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Written in Latin and covering one and a half pages of 220 x 189-mm paper, the heavily-corrected draft is dated from May to July 1694 and features a total of 39 lines in Newton’s hand

One of the most valuable scientific documents in history changed hands this week, when an autographed Isaac Newton manuscript of revisions to three sections of the first edition of the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica sold at Christie’s in London for £1,702,500 (about US$2,350,000).

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World auction record price for video games smashed twice in three days

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The immense magnitude of the video games industry is beginning to be felt on the auction block, with the auction price record for a video game being broken twice over the weekend, jumping from $660,000 to $875,000 on Friday, and then a further jump to … Continue reading World auction record price for video games smashed twice in three days→

AJS Porcupine could become one of the most expensive motorcycles in history

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Everyone has heard of the AJS Porcupine – it’s the almost mythical world-beating British motorcycle that won the very first 500cc World Roadracing (now MotoGP) Championship in 1949. What you may not realize is that only four of the championship-winning… Continue reading AJS Porcupine could become one of the most expensive motorcycles in history→

Space-aged wine expected to fetch $1 million at auction

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The space-aged vintage Pétrus 2000

A wine that spent 14 months on the International Space Station (ISS) is being offered up for sale by auction house Christie’s. One of a dozen bottles of vintage Pétrus 2000 sent to the space station by Space Cargo Unlimited, it could bring an estimated US$1 million through Christie’s Private Sales, which will go to fund future space missions.

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Sophia the robot sells digital NFT artwork for nearly $700,000

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Continuing the wave of extraordinary digital art sales manifested by new blockchain-based NFT technology, an artwork co-created by the famous humanoid robot Sophia has now sold for just under US$700,000.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTag… Continue reading Sophia the robot sells digital NFT artwork for nearly $700,000→

Money for nothing: NFTs spark a new digital gold rush

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The 69 million-dollar JPEG: Beeple's Everydays: the First 5000 days

A digital artist called “Beeple” is now one of the top three most valuable artists alive – in any medium – after he sold a JPG file of his work for US$69,346,250. Welcome to the crazy world of NFTs, and the latest wild gold rush to hit the internet.

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Highlights of the 2020 science, sci-fi and tech auction year: less than $25,000

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It would be fair to say that 2020 was an outlier year as far as the auction marketplace is concerned. The global pandemic meant all of the big players faced battles getting their usual live auctions to happen on both sides of the Atlantic, and records … Continue reading Highlights of the 2020 science, sci-fi and tech auction year: less than $25,000→