As a baseball man, lots 34 and 35 soar out to me – each previously owned by Joe DiMaggio (the place have you ever gone). The Jaeger-LeCoultre, retailed by Cartier (lot 34), will draw nearly all of consideration right here; it is on development, has a terrific caseback engraving, and is accompanied by an engraved 14k gold ID bracelet.
Hidden on the within of the nameplate is a quantity that appears rather a lot like his social safety quantity, which is humorous. Although, I’m significantly drawn to the ultra-thin white gold Audemars Piguet (lot 35). This watch has not been seen since a sale of DiMaggio’s private results in 2006 at Hunt Auctions, promoting for $1,900 (!). Additionally, on this 2006 Hunt sale, an identical AP made $1,200, promoting once more for $31,250 at Christie’s in 2017, and his well-known Patek Philippe ref. 130, which did $85,000, final promoting for $281,250, additionally at Christie’s in 2017. All this to say, there are collectors on the market for DiMaggio’s many watches, and whoever purchased them at that preliminary Hunt public sale presumably did very effectively for themselves.
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