Andreas Kornfeld of Alexander Historical Auctions says the phone sold Sunday afternoon to a person who bid by phone. The auction house does not disclose the names of buyers. Bidding for the phone started at $100,000. The red telephone includes a Nazi party symbol and Hitler's name engraved on the back. Occupying Russian officers gave the phone to a British officer, Sir … [Read more...]
Principia Mathematica of Isaac Newton sold for $3.7 million at an auction
Usually, the scientific works do not obtain high prices of purchase when they participate in auctions, but a copy of the reference work Principia Mathematica of Isaac Newton from 1687 was sold at New York by the Chiristie's house for 3.7 million dollars, writes engadget.com. Initially estimated at 1.5 million dollars, Principia Mathematica is the most expensive work of science … [Read more...]
The signed will of Walt Disney and personal objects of his, for sale at an auction
The fans of the modern animation's father, Walt Disney, have the chance of making themselves a really unique Christmas present: the signed will of the big animator as well as personal objects of him and from the Disney animated cartoons universe, at an auction organised by the Profiles in History from Los Angeles, according to Reuters. Over 600 art items of modern but also … [Read more...]
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 original manuscript sold for 5.32 million euros at an auction
The original manuscript of the Symphony no. 2 of Gustav Mahler became the most expensive in history after it was sold for 4.54 million pounds at an auction organized by the Sotheby's House in London, reports the AFP. This amount, 5.32 million euros, establishes a new record regarding the auctions for a musical score', according to Sotheby's. According to this house of auctions, … [Read more...]
A manuscript of a poem written by Anne Frank was sold for 140,000 euros at an auction house
A handwritten poem by Anne Frank written shortly before the teenager hidden with her family in Amsterdam was sold Wednesday to auction for 140,000 euros, the initial price being of 30,000 euros, according to the AFP. The 2390 lot, signed 'In the memory of Anna Frank', was purchased by a buyer, online, after two minutes of the auction. The auction happened in a stirring … [Read more...]
A Dodo bird skeleton was sold for 280.000 pounds to an auction
An almost complete skeleton belonging to an exemplar of the dodo bird species, entirely disappeared from Earth, was put, Tuesday, in an auction at the Summers Place Auctions in West Sussex, the Great Britain. The skeleton was reconstructed in proportion of 95%, with carefulness, by a man who started to buy the bones from private collections and from auctions from the '70s, … [Read more...]
Marilyn Monroe’s dress worn when she sang ‘Happy Birthday Mrs. President’ was sold for 4.8 million dollars
The famous dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang 'Happy Birthday' to John F. Kennedy, at the age of 45 years, was sold for 4.8 million dollars at an auction organized in Beverly Hills. According to the AFP, the dress of the skin's color, manually embroidered with 2,500 crystals, was estimated at 3 million dollars by Julien's auctions, the house of auctions that organized … [Read more...]
A painting of Willem de Kooning sold for $66,3 million at an auction in New York
'Untitled XXV', a canvas of the contemporary painter Willem de Kooning, was sold for $66,3 million, on Tuesday night, by the auction house Christie's in New York, this representing the highest sum ever reached by a work of this artist. This impressive painting (2 meters on 2,20 meters), made by the Dutch-American artist in 1977, is emblematic for its strong and multicolored … [Read more...]