{"id":393836,"date":"2024-05-14T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393836"},"modified":"2024-05-14T23:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T23:04:31","slug":"prized-schumacher-items-sold-for-eyewatering-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393836","title":{"rendered":"Prized Schumacher items sold for eyewatering price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher<\/a> sold for nearly four million Swiss francs ($AUD6.6 million) at a Geneva auction.<\/p>\n

The top piece in the sale, organised by Schumacher's family, was a watch given to the German racing superstar by former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt as a Christmas present in 2004.<\/p>\n

The hammer came down at a price of $1.99 million.<\/p>\n

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That was well within the pre-sale estimate range of $1.6 – $3.2 million.<\/p>\n

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The custom-made platinum timepiece from F.P. Journe, the Vagabondage 1, features 18-carat white gold, a red watch face and images of a Ferrari logo, Schumacher's racing helmet and a "7" \u2014 to honour his seven World Championship victories.<\/p>\n

Remi Guillemin, head of watches for Europe and the Americas for auction house Christie's, declined to identify the buyer, but said that five watches in the Ruthenium collection \u2014 a boxed set \u2014 were purchased by the same buyer.<\/p>\n

While most of the eight watches sold within the pre-sale estimates, an Audemars Piguet featuring a Ferrari prancing horse emblem, sold for a hammer price of $549,000 \u2014 well above the top of the expected range at $416,000.<\/p>\n

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The sale of Schumacher watches was timed for the 30th anniversary of his first Formula One drivers championship win in 1994.<\/p>\n

The watches, which were taken to New York and Taipei for showings before the sale, were part of a larger auction of luxury timepieces to go under the hammer on Wednesday AEST at Christie's in Geneva.<\/p>\n

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Schumacher, who retired from F1 in 2012, shares the record for most F1 titles with British driver Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n

In December the following year, Schumacher fell while skiing in the French Alpine resort of Meribel and suffered a near-fatal brain injury.<\/p>\n

Since being transferred from hospital in September 2014, he continues to be cared for privately at a family home in Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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