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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.
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