On the block

With an estimate of just $400 to $600, this group of framed autographs of three giants of modern technology would be the steal of the auction. Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Guglielmo Marconi all had a profound influence on the modern world with their inventions: the electric light, the telephone, radio, the phonograph, the telegraph, motion pictures ...

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On the block: Autographs, movie cameras, historic maps & stock tickers

It's a quiet time for auctions this week, but there are some fine objets d'art coming to auction over the next few weeks and in particular Heritage Auctions' Gentleman Collector Estate sale opens for bidding today and concludes 19 January, with many items of immense fascination for the technophile.

On the block: The $500,000 farmfind Aston Martin DB4, Newton's Principia fetches $3.7 mil, a Hendrix acoustic guitar sells for $260,000 and the only remaining Indian-Vincent prototype from 1949 are the highlights of this week On the Block.

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On the Block: Farm-find Aston Martin DB4, Newton's "Principia" fetches $3.7m, Hendrix guitar gets $260k

A $500,000 farm-find Aston Martin DB4, a $3.7 million copy of Newton's "Principia," a Hendrix acoustic guitar that sold for $260,000 and the only remaining Indian-Vincent prototype from 1949 are the highlights of this week's auction report.

New Atlas' round-up of the most remarkable artifacts of scientific and cultural history crossing the auction block

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On the Block: Principia Mathematica, penicillin mold and a $3 million baseball card

Upcoming auctions include a first edition of Newton's Principia and The North American Indian. Sales last week included an autograph manuscript of Mahler's Second Symphony, Description de l'Égypte, a $3 million baseball card, a 4000 year-old model boat and an Alexander Fleming penicillin culture.