# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CXUrIN6rFqO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12828469-sothebyswatches-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-12-11T00:49:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Yesterday in our New York salesroom, this exceptionally rare Patek Philippe ‘pink on pink’ reference 1518 soared to $9.6 million in its world auction debut – more than four times its $2.2 million high estimate – and set a world record for a wristwatch sold at Sotheby’s, a record for the highest price for any watch sold at auction this year, and the third highest price achieved for a vintage wristwatch at auction. 

Made in 1948 and 1 of only 14 examples known to exist, it is on offer from the estate of its original owner, Prince Tewfik Tousson of Egypt, having been recently discovered in a safety deposit box in exemplary condition. #SothebysWatches #PatekPhilippe #Wristwatch

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