The highest price for a deck of playing cards is £99,000 ($143,104) paid by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA at Sotheby’s, London, UK on 6 December 1983. The cards, dating from c. 1470-85, constituted the oldest known complete hand-painted...
The highest auction price paid for a suit of armour was £;1,925,000 ($3,038,998) at Sotheby’s, London, UK on 5 May 1983. B. H. Trupin (USA) bought the armour, which was made in Milan, Italy by Giovanni Negroli (Italy) in 1545 for Henri II of France.