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The Q1 desktop microcomputer, the world’s first microcomputer that was uncovered in storage boxes by accident by cleaners at Kingston University in London, is going on the auction block at Heritage Auctions, along with a later version and a printer.Con… Continue reading World’s first microcomputer is up for auction right now
When Action Comics #1 (1938) sold for US$6 million dollars last week, it was just over 14 years since the humble comic book first smashed through the $1.0 million barrier at auction on 23 February 2010. No comic had previously sold for more than $350,0… Continue reading Superman vs. Superman as vintage comics become a hot commodity
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
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
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
The original and sole remaining Blastech DL-44 Blaster used by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the first 1977 Star Wars movie (Star Wars: A New Hope) has sold for a record US$1,057,500 at Rock Island Auctions.
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Tags: Most Expensive Movie Weapons, star wars, Heritage Auctions, Profiles in History, Rock Island Auctions, Bonhams, Sotheby’s, James Bond, Star Trek
Continue reading Han Solo’s DL-44 Blaster from “Star Wars” smashes auction records
Sotheby’s sold the jacket worn to the Moon by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin yesterday, smashing all sorts of auction records with a final price of US$2,772,500.
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Tags: Most-Expensive, Auction, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Heritage Auctions
Continue reading Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 jacket smashes auction records
Someone has scored a bargain at Heritage Auctions’ recent Historical Platinum Session Signature Auction and we’re quite astonished that in this age of information, such anomalies can still happen. On July 16, an extremely rare and historically importan… Continue reading Original 300-year-old Fahrenheit thermometer drops in value at auction
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.
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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
Continue reading The highlights of the 2021 science, sci-fi and technology auction year
The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.
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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.
Continue reading Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year