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  • The Volkswagen Beetle is continuing to defy the laws of economics, being one of the hottest collectible car investments of recent times at the same time as being the most plentiful single model ever produced with 21.5 million cars sold. In the last three years, despite the collectible car market cooling, 36 of the 50 most valuable Beetles have been sold and there's no end in sight.
    Automotive
    The 50 most valuable Volkswagen Beetles ever sold
    The Volkswagen Beetle continues to defy the laws of economics, becoming one of the hottest collector car investments at the same time as being the most plentiful. Though the collector car market has cooled, 36 of the 50 most valuable Beetles have been sold in the last three years.
  • The story behind this particular dedication copy of one of the 50 Most Valuable Scientific Documents of all-time makes for compelling reading. Galileo suffered at the hands of the Italian Inquisition and had given up hope of publishing again. The dedication can be seen in English.
    Collectibles
    World's first physics textbook sells for $790,000
    ​A significant work in the history of science changed hands last week when the dedication copy of Galileo Galilei's last great work, "Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche" was sold in Paris for €727,919 (US$791,190), putting it among the 50 Most Valuable Scientific Documents of all-time.​