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Most Expensive Items Sold At Auctions
A Dress From Titanic
The dress was sold at $330,000 in 2012 by Kate Winslet in “Titanic.” In the classic film, Winslet donned the red-and-black outfit when Rose saw Jack on the ship for the first time.1)
Hermès Birkin Bag
A 30-bag Hermès Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin, decorated with a diamond decoration of 10.23 carat, made history at the Hong Kong Christie's auction in May 2017 when it was sold at a cost of over £293,000 or around $378,074. 2)
Breakfast at Tiffany's Script
The personal “Breakfast at Tiffany's” Audrey Hepburn script sold at $811,615 in 2018. Other artifacts from Hepburn were also auctioned in the Christie auctions such as a blank dial phone and a “My Fair Lady” operating script. 3)
Ringo Starr’s Drum Kit
In 2015, Julien's Auctions sold a ring of drums belonging to Ringo Starr for $2.2 million at an auction. According to ArtNet News, more than 200 Beatles played with the popular Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit between 1963 and 1964. 4)
Vintage Leica Camera
The most expensive camera in the world sold for $2.8 million at an auction in Vienna, Austria, in 2012. The camera was a 35mm Leica film model, one of just 25 that was manufactured for testing in 1923. It was thought that just 12 of the unusual camera models existed in 2012. 5)
"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" Gown
Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” robe was the most costly dress ever sold at an auction, and sold in 2016 at $4.8 million. At Julien's Action in Los Angeles in November 2016, Ripley's Believe it or Not! bought this renowned outfit. During a fundraiser function with the Democratic Party in May 1962, Monroe donned the famous town. 6)
A Chinese Vase
A Chinese vase, sold at a Sotheby auction for $9 million for 2020 for 50 years in a pet-filled European female country home. The vase was built in the mid-18th century for the Chinese Qianlong emperor. It had previously bought $56 (about $530 in current terms, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics) at another Sotheby's auction in 1954. It was named for the person who possessed the Harry Garner Vase before its auction in 1954. 7)