5 most expensive antiques in the world, worth billions of rupees
Some of the most expensive antiques in the world below will surprise you. Antiques have their own values in the eyes of collectors. There are also those who say that old things can be used as an investment because every year they will multiply. However, not all artifacts are included in the collection. Antiquities are things that are follow us for more and have their own historical value.
1. Salvator Mundi painting (6.68 trillion rupees)
Bringing back some of the most expensive antiques in the world, the first painting is Salvator Mundi, one of the works of the artist Leonardo da Vinci. The price of the painting is estimated at a special price, that is 450 million US dollars or the equivalent of Rp. 6.68 trillion.
2. United States Coins (634 Billion)
A valuable antique is the United States coin. The coin is from the collection of banker Louis E. Eliasberg. In 1982, he managed to sell one of his minted coins in the United States for IDR 634 billion. You don’t have to go far, and Indonesia has ancient silver that is very popular.
3. The Dragon Seat (389.2 billion rupees)
The Dragon Chair is a 1917-1919 chair designed by Irish designer Eileen Gray. This product has been sold many times, until the year 2009, it was sold well at IDR 389.2 billion.
4. Patek Philippe Super Complication Watch
The Patek Philippe Supercomplication watch is a vintage watch from 1932 and bears the name Gaves Jr. Supercomplication. The name corresponds to a businessman, a banker in New York. This watch is one of the most complicated watches made in the early 20th century. In 2014, the Patek Philippe Supercomplication was sold for IDR 356 billion.
5. Ceramic White Moonflask of China (190 million rupees)
The most expensive antiques in the world are Chinese ceramics, which are thousands of years old. This porcelain collection from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties is valued at IDR 853 billion for all items. There is one such collection, namely the White Moonflask which has a very high price tag. This ceramic project has a very high value, i.e. IDR 190 billion.