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- Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona has been sold for $17.8 million, breaking the record for the most expensive watch ever sold at auction.
- It has taken the crown from a 1518 Patek Philip in steel that was sold in 2016 for $11 million.
- It was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder and took just 12 minutes to sell.
Paul Newman’s very own Paul Newman Rolex Daytona went up for auction at Phillips Auction House in New York on Thursday and sold for a record-breaking $17.8 million (£13.6 million).
When the Paul Newman lot came up, the bidding was opened at $1 million, but a telephone bidder immediately placed a bid of $10 million, stunning the room into silence.
It was one of the most intense auction sales ever seen in vintage watch collectors’ circles.
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