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antiques are some of the most expensive things in the world

Even diamonds are cheaper! For example, the Guarneri del Gesù violin was once sold at auction for a record amount of $4 million! The master who created it was considered one of the main competitors of Stradivarius himself! By the way, many musicians believe that this violin still sounds better...

The most expensive antiques in the world! THIS IS INTERESTING

But the most expensive antique in the world, which you will not find by visiting an antiques store, is

handwritten book by Leonardo da Vinci himself

- one of the greatest artists, poets, physicists of our time. This antique was sold at auction in 1994 for the incredible price of $31 million. By the way, absolutely everyone knows the person who purchased it - this is the head and founder of Microsoft - Bill Gates!

The most expensive antiques in the world! THIS IS INTERESTING

He, in turn, keeps the manuscript in his home collection. But you can also look at this work! Bill Gates annually organizes an exhibition where this book is displayed. At the same time, you can go to the shops and buy maxi lift, which is an excellent remedy for wrinkles and is quite popular among women. It is known throughout the world as the Leicester Code. Why does she have this strange name? She acquired it somewhere in the 16th-17th centuries (or inherited it - on this moment unknown) the Leicester family, in whose honor the chronicle received its name.

It is believed that this is one of the most important notebooks that Leonardo da Vinci kept. It contains a huge number of sketches, drawings, formulas and so on. It can really be compared to a modern physics textbook! True, some pages of the notebook were never understood by scientists, which again confirms the amazing nature of the great artist da Vinci!

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to hold the book in your hands. Its pages are so dried out that at the slightest touch they can simply turn into dust...

On the military antiques market there has always been, is and will be a demand for items produced in a single copy, many of which can boast unique history. Most often these are weapons that belonged to great people or are associated with key events of the era. For example,

saber of Napoleon Bonaparte

was put under the hammer at the Osenat auction in 2007 for €4.8 million, becoming the most expensive antique European bladed weapon. Eastern military antiques compete with Western military antiques. The most striking example is

Chinese saber from the Qing Dynasty

Sold for $7.5 million. Forbes selected the 10 most expensive military antiques sold at auction sites over the past 13 years.

Novel "The Sun Also Rises"

became a kind of milestone in Hemingway’s work. Unfortunately, for his publishers it was just another book by a first-time author. The novel was released in a limited edition by Scribner's in 1926. The copy was sold at Sotheby's in New York in April 2004 for a record amount of $366,400, more than three times the maximum estimated value. This can be explained simply: firstly, by the perfect preservation of the book, and secondly, by the author’s signature on the inside cover. It was addressed to Dr. Don Carlos Guffey and ran for as many as 20 lines, so it would be more correct to call it a letter rather than a signature.

The famous auction house Dallas Auction Gallery held its next auction, the main discovery of which was

sale of a pair of antique vases from the reign of Nicholas I.

This expensive antique, created by the masters of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, was completely accidentally found in a private collection in America. Paired vases were supposed to participate in the auction with an estimate of one to one and a half million dollars, but the lot was sold a week before the auction day for two million seven hundred thousand dollars.

Expensive antiques were inherited by Randy Buttram from his grandfather Frank Buttram, who was the founder of a large American company. The previous owner bought the vases in the twenties in Munich and transported them to the United States. As a child, Randy saw these incredibly beautiful vases in his grandfather's mansion in Oklahoma, but he never realized their true value.

The authenticity of the expensive antiques was confirmed by a porcelain specialist from the Hermitage. One of the vases contains an image of a famous painting by an eighteenth-century Dutch master called The Concert. According to data preserved in the Hermitage, in 1832 a canvas from the museum was sent to the Imperial Factory to create a copy of the painting on a vase. After information about such a magnificent find appeared in the press, collectors from different countries peace. As a result, the owners of expensive antiques agreed to a private sale.

Another interesting and expensive find of the year was

antique painting “The Sacrifice of Polyxena”

Recently recognized as the work of the famous French master Charles Lebrun, who worked in the seventeenth century. The antiques were sold at Christie's auction held in Paris. The lot brought its owner more than $1.8 million. The work was discovered on the eve of a major renovation that began at Paris's most popular hotel, the Ritz.

One of Christie’s specialists managed to attribute the painting. The initials “CLBF”, which belonged to Charles Lebrun, were found on the canvas. For many years, expensive antiques were in the room where his star guest Coco Chanel lived. “The Victim of Polyxena” was purchased by representatives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose collection previously did not have a single work by Lebrun. This antique will be on display starting at the end of May this year.

Cast iron figurine “Clown with a bag of gifts”, USSR, 1960s. The figurine depicts the famous Soviet clown of the 50-60s “Karandash”

Trotsky figurines are considered valuable, since there are very few of them left - after his deportation, it was ordered to destroy all paraphernalia dedicated to this political figure.

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Records, paintings

The price of records varies from 10 thousand to tens and hundreds of thousands of rubles. Some sell them in whole albums. The cost of such a selection is about 700 thousand rubles.

Alla Gorskaya, cats and people, Soviet painting

Engravings, drawings and paintings by Soviet artists have a very wide range of prices. This is influenced by the popularity of the author of the work, the material used, and the period of creation. The theme of the plot is also important. Industrial views of Soviet cities, the Kremlin, portraits of party leaders, and propaganda subjects are considered more valuable. The cost of such images can reach several tens of millions of rubles.

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Toys and models

Christmas tree decorations are not considered a rarity on the antique market. But if you have glass jewelry from the first decades of the USSR lying around, you can count on an increase in their price.

They also make money by selling toy cars, tanks and other “equipment”. The better the safety of an item and the more complete the equipment, the more valuable it is. Soft toys and dolls cost less, but if you find a very keen collector, you can negotiate for more.

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Radios, TVs and players

The first Soviet TV

Such devices can be sold at a high price only if they have retained good appearance and working condition. For example, one of the first TVs of the KVN-49 type with a magnifying lens for the screen (working) can be sold for several hundred dollars and several tens of thousands.

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Decorative items made of cast iron

Cast iron figurines, watchstands, ashtrays and other things are not a cherished goal for antique dealers. However, they are willing to pay a lot of money for exclusive items.

For example, a figurine of Voroshilov with hands in gauntlet gloves and on a horse is considered very valuable. Due to the limited edition of this batch, the figure is valued at up to $30,000.

Figurine of a Horse in the freedom of the USSR Kasli 1940s

Objects from rare collections of Kasli casting (Ural) are in demand among collectors. Prices range from several hundred to a couple thousand dollars.

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Cup holders

Something as common in Soviet times as a cup holder may now turn out to be a small treasure for its owner. This is especially true for silverware that belongs to original works and is marked with the artist’s mark.

An example is the “Swans” glass holder made of 875 sterling silver (marked MYuZ, 1932) for sale at a price of almost 650 euros. Ordinary products can be found for several hundred thousand rubles.

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Porcelain products

Porcelain dishes in sets, as well as in the form of individual elements, are of considerable value to collectors. Products from Leningrad, Minsk, Kirov, Baranovsk and other Soviet factories are in demand. Belonging to the product of one or another is determined by the presence of a mark on the bottoms (sometimes with the author’s signature of the artist or sculptor).

Prices range from several hundred to several thousand dollars. For example, the “Golden-Maned Horse” tea set with cups painted “Red Cockerels” from the 1960s (E. Krimmer, A. Vorobievsky, LFZ) is valued by antique dealers at about $600.

In principle, you can even sell collections of chewing gum candy wrappers, the main thing is to find a hunter for this product. But before that, be sure to study the offers of the antique market and ask the price so as not to lose where you could win

1. This 32.01 carat square emerald cut diamond sold at auction for $7.7 million. Billionaire and philanthropist Leonor Annenberg, who died in March, bought it for his 90th birthday. The Christie's auction house did not want to disclose the name of the buyer. The ring was expected to sell at a price of 3 to 5 million dollars.

2. Lucian Freud's painting "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" was sold at Christie's in London on May 13, 2008 for $33.6 million. The painting became the artist's most expensive work of art during his lifetime.

3. This globe, once owned by Adolf Hitler, was auctioned by Greg Martin in San Francisco for $100,000 in October 2007. An American soldier stole this souvenir from the Fuhrer's house in 1945.

4. A rare stamp of Audrey Hepburn with a cigar went at auction on May 26 in Berlin for $93,800 - more than two minimum prices. There are only five copies of this stamp. Most of them were destroyed after Hepburn's son refused to sell the copyright to the image in 2001.

5. This 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso, once owned by actor Steve McQueen, sold for $2.31 million to an anonymous buyer in October 2007.

6. This rare 7.03 carat blue diamond was auctioned in Geneva on May 12, 2009 for a record price of $9.49 million. This lot became the most expensive of the precious stones. The stone was discovered in 2008 in the historic Cullinan Mine in South Africa.

7. A rare stamp with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln sold at auction in New York for $431,250 on June 13. The lot is known as the "Refrigerator Stamp" because the envelope containing the stamp was shipped from Boston in cold storage to India in 1873. The stamp was stolen from its original owner in Indianapolis in 1967 and found in a Chicago home 39 years later.

8. A rare miniature of Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame was sold at auction in New York on November 2 for $1.3 million. George Roberts of Arizona bought it from a London dealer in 1951 and was unaware of its importance until he had it appraised this summer.

9. A New York City surgeon paid $12,713 for a September 1966 issue of Datebook signed by John Lennon. The newspaper has a famous quote from Lennon about the Beatles being more popular than Jesus.

10. A bottle of Lowenbrau beer and a milk jug from the wreck of the Hindenburg airship, which burned in New Jersey in 1937. Andrew Eldridge of the English auction house Henry Aldridge and Son says that about 80% of the drink remains in the bottle. This bottle is considered the most expensive bottle of beer in the world.

11. Unused life vest from the famous Titanic was auctioned in New York for $68,500 on June 25, 2008. The vest was found on coastline Halifax after the ship sank off Newfoundland in 1912.

12. Claude Monet's painting "Pond of Water Lilies" was auctioned in London for more than $80 million on June 24, 2008. This 1919 masterpiece is one of four paintings in a series dedicated to water lilies.

13. This golden thicket, kept for years under the bed of a ragpicker's grandson, was sold at auction in the UK for $100,000 on June 5, 2008. This cup is a Persian artifact depicting the two-faced Roman god Janus.

14. The 1961 Ferrari California Spyder, once owned by actor James Coburn, was sold in Italy on May 18, 2008. The car sold for $10,894,900 and became the most expensive vintage car.

15. Claude Monet’s painting “Railway Bridge at Argenteuil” was auctioned at Christie’s in New York for $41 million on May 6, 2008. This price broke the auction record for a painting by the French impressionist. The previous record was set last year for the painting “Nymphaeas” - it was auctioned for $36.5 million.

16. A rich man from Abu Dhabi forked out money for a license plate for a car with only one digit “1”. He paid $14 million for it, beating the previous record of $6.8 million for a "5" license plate.

17. This copy of the Magna Carta of 1297 was sold at Sotheby's in New York. It went to auction for $21,321,000 in December 2007.

18. This prototype 10-cent coin was created by the US Mint in 1792. It went from auction along with other rare coins to a private buyer's collection for $30 million in November 2007.

19. This 1804 Adams-Carter silver piece is one of only 15 coins that were never released into circulation. The coin, purchased for $2 million at a private auction two years ago, sold at a Cincinnati auction on April 30 for $2.3 million.

20. This daguerreotype, dating from 1848, shows a lone house on what is now known as the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This one of the oldest photographs in the world was sold at auction for $62,500 to an unknown buyer on March 30 in New York.

Some consider antique objects to be nothing more than just dishes and furniture. For others, rare things are priceless. But at an auction, everything has a price. This review contains the most expensive antiques that went under the hammer.

1. Saber of Napoleon Bonaparte ($6,500,000)

2. Louis XV Silver Tureen ($10,287,500)

3. Tiara with emeralds and diamonds ($12,100,000)

4. Ming Dynasty Golden Tripod ($14,800,000)

5. War Horn (Oliphant) ($16,100,000)

6. Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci ($30,800,000)

7. Badminton office ($36,000,000)

The cabinet bureau was made by order of the 3rd Duke of Beaufort in Florence in 1726. The 3.6-meter cabinet made of ebony and gilded bronze took the craftsmen 6 years to complete.

8. Qing Dynasty Vase ($83,000,000)

The Chinese vase dates from the mid-18th century. It is distinguished from other similar items by its complex pattern. In 2010, it was bought for $83 million.