Apex, mounted Stegosaurus skeleton
The $44.6 million dinosaur.
The mounted Stegosaurus specimen known as Apex sold at Sotheby’s New York.
Reported auction sale price; fee breakdown not stated in the cited page
$44.6M2024-07-17Story & source ↗
COLLECTIBLES
Beyond the ordinary.
Three selected historical sales, ordered by reported USD result. These objects belong to different collecting markets.
Scope: these three selected sales only. Highest reported USD result first; no inflation adjustment. Fee treatment follows each source.
U.S. Constitution, official first printing
When a printing of history brought $43.173 million.
A first printing of the final Constitution text sold in New York to benefit the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation.
Reported auction sale price; fee breakdown not stated in the cited page
$43.173M2021-11-18Story & source ↗
Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona
The watch with a name money could not manufacture.
The actor’s personal exotic-dial Rolex Daytona sold in Phillips’ New York Winning Icons auction.
Includes buyer’s premium
$17.7525M2017-10-26Story & source ↗