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Revolution
Sweeping away years of scepticism around online sales, the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the auction world into an incredible phase of experimentation last year. In a bid to find newer ways to connect with their clients amidst a global health crisis, luxury auction houses took a massive digital leap with record sales in 2020. Here is a look at the biggest success stories that kept the secondary market buzzing all through last year
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Our founder calls out eight lots that raised a few eyebrows – and presents both sides of the argument.
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Partnering with Christie's, Vacheron Constantin is offering a once-in-a-lifetime trip and piece-unique watch design experience.
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“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For a vintage Patek lover, it gets no better.
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Rocky's timepieces will cross the block in December, alongside some from theater icon Guy Laliberté.
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The record price shattered the pre-sale top estimate of CHF 400,000.
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It's not all time-only and QPs.
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A chance to up your bracelet game.
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A watch you don't see every day.
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The event takes place October 31 in Monaco.
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Sometimes less really is a whole lot more.
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187d 21h 43m 52s logged in space.
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A racing legend's racing watch.
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Masterpieces from one of the most legendary collections in watchmaking are coming up for auction.
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“Nothing is important…so everything is important.” – Keith Haring
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More than 200 Seiko watches from an incredible private collection.
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Bond Roberts is a joint venture between Rob Fox of James J. Fox and Rob Ayala of Friends of Habanos. They refer to the operation as, “a transparent cigar exchange where technology, oversight, and member participation come together to offer the largest continuous selection of aged, vintage, and rare Cuban cigars to the global market in a secure trading environment.” Ken Gargett weighs in on the trustworthiness of the new operation.
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It's a record for the JPS and for a watch sold in an online auction.
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A platinum case and a stone dial set a new auction record for automatic Daytonas.
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This one-off Ressence raises money for COVID-19 research.
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It's a good day to be independent.
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A very beautiful watch, sold during a very ugly war.
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Pocket watches worth watching may require deeper pockets.
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Looking beyond the top lots to find outstanding value deeper in the catalog.
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A spectacular collection from some of the most revered watchmakers of all time.
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Like many collectors, GaryG has bought and sold a number of watches at auction over the years. Being a systematic type of guy, Gary has taken the time to analyze his philosophy of auction bidding. Here he shares some of the tactics he uses with the hope that some may be useful to you in your own bidding.
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History has a funny habit of repeating itself.
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Two watches of enormous horological and historical importance, from a single collection.
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Yellow gold for good.
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