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Autograph wartime manuscript of mathematical notes. Left in Turing's will to Robin Gandy. Alan Turing: 1944 April 2015 [192] $1.5 $1.02 Geographia Cosmographia. First Ulm edition Claudius Ptolemy: 1482 June 2009 [193] $1.4 $1.02 Babe Ruth's contract with the Boston Red Sox. Signed by Ruth, Ban Johnson and Harry Frazee – 1918 July 2014 [194 ...
The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi. [5]
This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2024. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the item was sold. The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised.
This makes them extraordinarily appealing to collectors, who want to own the very first copies of a work, says Vasilis Terpsopoulos, manager of the rare book department at New York City's Strand ...
The 103-year-old cracker is one of the last survivors from the Titanic, which sunk in 1912 and is estimated to be worth more than $12,000.
In February 2007, the world's rarest baseball card sold at auction for $2.3 million. If you think that's totally wild, consider the world's rarest bible, which could net you $25 to $35 million.
The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records. Data is sourced from Record Collector , eBay , Popsike, the Jerry Osborne Record Price Guides, and other sources. Wu-Tang Clan 's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin CD (of which only one copy was produced) was sold through Paddle8 on November 24, 2015, for $2,000,000, according to ...
An original “Post Office” Mauritius took the title of the world’s most valuable stamp after selling for $9.6 million in 2021. 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar $12 million