We ran a post a while back about the pending Antiquorum auction of a Longines watch given to Albert Einstein back in the early 1930s.The estimate provided by Antiquorum was $25,000-$35,000, which for a watch that was Replica Chopard watches by all definitions nothing special at all (besides the famous owner factor), seemed to be pretty reasonable.Well, Antiquorum had their auction today and lets just say the Einstein watch beat the estimates.by a lot.This watch sold for $520,000.Yes you read that right, over half of a million dollars.So the watch sold for $520,000, but then there is the auctioneers fee the buyer has to pay on top of that, bringing the total to an absolutely mind-blowing Replica Franck Muller watches $596,000 (Recession? What Recession?).This just goes to show you why valuing vintage and rare watches is so hard.All you need is one real fan (or one real nut job in this case) and all bets are off. Hodinkee in Announcements, Antiquorum, Auctions, Longines, Longines Owned by Einstein Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:26PM
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