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The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the item ...
The most expensive stamps in the world sell for millions of dollars, and many others routinely command five- and six-figure sums. ... and while Sotheby's expected it to fetch $10 million to $15 ...
Du Pont's estate sold the stamp on 17 June 2014 at a Sotheby's New York auction, sale number N09154, for $9,480,000, including buyer's premium. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It took only two minutes to sell to an anonymous bidder and was the fourth time the stamp had broken the world record for a single-stamp bid; this time, the sale broke the 1996 record of ...
The stamp is famous for its fascinating details, and could fetch up to $5 million. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
At an auction of the Green estate in 1944, the unique plate number block of eight stamps was sold for $27,000 to the collector Amos Eno, who had four stamps removed from it. The reduced block fetched only $18,250 when Eno's estate was sold off ten years later. By 1971, however, its price had risen to $150,000. [17]
But the finest specimens from the most carefully curated and best-preserved collections are worth millions. Meet the 10 most expensive collectibles in the world. 1962 Amazing Fantasy No. 15. $3.6 ...
The British Guiana 1c magenta is one of the rarest, and most valuable, stamps in the world. Sold in June 2014 at Sotheby's for $9.48 million. Philatelic investment is investment in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit. Philatelic investment was popular during the 1970s but then fell out of favour following a ...
Sold at a Sotheby’s auction, the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta sold for $48 million. This is the most money a car has ever sold for at auction. It comes from a very small collection.