The most expensive flag sold at auction is an American Revolutionary War Battleflag (1776–1779), which went to an anonymous buyer on 14 June 2006 for $12,336,000 (£6,707,264), including buyer’s premium, at Sotheby’s in New York, USA. The regimental...
The most expensive photograph sold at auction is Le Violon d’Ingres (1924) by Man Ray (USA), which sold for $12,412,500 (£10,156,156 / €11,939,832), on 14 May 2022. The black and white image overlays a violin and a woman’s naked body. It was sold by...
The most expensive seal sold at auction was sold for $22,000,000 (£17,595,777) and was bought by an anonymous buyer (China) in Paris, France, on 14 December 2016. The seal had once belonged to one of China’s longest serving emperors, Qianlong (1735-1796) of the...