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Charles Leclerc

  • An exercise in cutting edge idolatry, some of these helmet designs are now recognisable by a large percentage of the planet's population. We used two helmet images in lead image that were not in the top 25 highest sales, but they almost certainly will be one day. Can you pick them? The image gallery for this article is extensive with images and links to the original auction results of the top 25 priced helmets, but important helmets that have sold previously.
    Collectibles
    The top 25 Formula One helmets are surprisingly cheap
    As the only visible part of a Formula One driver on global television each race, the F1 racing helmet has become a modern icon. But in a world where a Mickey Mantle baseball card is worth US$12.6 million, it's amazing how little F1 helmets sell for.
  • After a fruitless history of trying to make F1 relevant to America, Liberty Media's reality soap opera for men, the Netflix "Drive to Survive" series, looks to have humanized the sport, resonated with the masses and is beginning to capture the attention of the gargantuan American collector marketplace.
    Automotive
    F1 memorabilia suddenly looks undervalued
    The gargantuan American collector marketplace is only just waking up to Formula 1, and while prices on memorabilia are now beginning to move skyward, it's still grossly undervalued next to more traditional American sports.