Besides the musical performing group ABBA, another thing that came out of Sweden is the invention of auction houses. The Stockholm Auction House was set up in 1674 out of which emerged Sotheby’s in 1744 and Christie’s in 1766.
But what’s much more interesting are which items possess the record breaking price ranges sold at auctions. It’s always been a curious play to observe, those auction events, from diamond rings to cash title loans to art pieces collectibles, and folks bringing up their hand just like a mental telepathy between the auctioneer and the purchaser and the hitting the gavel once an item is sold. The act is, for lack of better word, exhilarating.
So what legendary objects have received the highest offer in all of history?
1. Pollock’s No.5, 1948
You’d think that of the paintings, the highest selling would be a Picasso or a Rembrandt or maybe Van Gogh. But it’s the American painter Jackson Pollock who owns the title and it wasn’t even considered one of his best, which was said to be Blue Poles. Famous for his abstract paintings, his No.5, 1948 was sold for $140 million by Sotheby’s. The painting which bears his standard splattered paints that’s mostly brown and yellow was created with an 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of fiberboard.
2. 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic
Jean Bugatti is probably not as famous as Henry Ford and yet one of his scant designs of cars is regarded as the highest-selling automobile in auction record. He first created his Type 57 cars in 1934 and only brought out 710 of them. The production arrived at a sad end when Bugatti perished of a car crash at the age of 30. Marketed for an unaccounted for amount of approximately 30 to 40 million dollars, it knocked off a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa. The car was identified as “a piece of engine powered art” and was called by many folks as the most gorgeous car to come out before World War II.
3. Wittelsbach Diamond
At 35.56 carat, the Wittelsbach Diamond isn’t the largest diamond in the world however its nearly flawless clearness and amazing blue color is exactly what managed to make it get an astonishing $23.4 million. Originally excavated in the former Indian Kingdom of Golkonda, the diamond is loaded with history as it is on beauty. It was one of many Crown jewels of Austria and Bavaria and in 2010 was recut by its present owner to eliminate the flaws. Four carats lighter, this angered a lot of historians who desired to contain its historical integrity.
4. Ex-Vieuxtemps – Giuseppe Guarneri Violin
Antonio Stradivari’s The Hammer was once the highest selling musical instrument until the position was usurped by Giuseppe Guarneri’s Ex-Vieuxtemps by less than half a million at $3.9 million. Titled following the famous Belgian musician and violinist Henri Vieuxtemps, he was once described by Niccolo Paganini at the age of 14 as that “boy would definitely become a great man.” Both Stradivari and Guarneri are deemed the very best violin manufacturers that ever lived.
5. T206 Honus Wagner
More referred to as Flying Dutchman, Honus Wagner is the picture on the greatest selling baseball card. Sold at $2.35 million in 2007, it had been vendored six months later for $2.8 million, which broke the record in auction history. Issued by American Tobacco Company from 1909 to 1911, Wagner had a problem with ATC and declined to sell the card. Because of this only 50 to 200 of the T206 Honus Wagner cards were created. diamond painting bilder