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Apple I Motherboard
1976Apple Computer Company

Apollo Guidance Computer Module
1965MIT Instrumentation Laboratory / Raytheon

Early Computer Mouse Prototype
1964Stanford Research Institute (attributed)

Enigma Machine Rotor Assembly
1941Heimsoeth & Rinke (attributed)

Magna Carta, 1297 Issue
1297English Chancery (sealed under Edward I)

Bell Labs Point-Contact Transistor Prototype
1948Bell Telephone Laboratories

Imperial Coronation Egg
1897House of Fabergé

Leica Prototype Rangefinder Camera
1923Ernst Leitz Wetzlar

Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic
1938Bugatti

The Bay Psalm Book
1640Stephen Daye (printer), Cambridge, Massachusetts

Apollo-Era Spacesuit Glove
1969ILC Industries

Northern Bobwhite Specimen
1932Unknown preparator

Ferrari 250 GTO
1962Ferrari

Imperial Lilies of the Valley Egg
1898House of Fabergé

Space Shuttle Thermal Protection Tile
1981Lockheed Missiles & Space Company

NASA Apollo Mission Checklist
1972NASA / Manned Spacecraft Center

Man Ray, 'Glass Tears' (Les Larmes)
1932Man Ray

Ferrari 250 GTO
1962Ferrari

Sony TPS-L2 Walkman
1979Sony Corporation

Emancipation Proclamation (Official 1864 Printing)
1864U.S. Government Printing Office / Leland-Boker edition

Imperial Fifteenth Anniversary Egg
1911House of Fabergé

Imperial Rosebud Egg
1895House of Fabergé

Ferrari 312 T3 (Villeneuve, Canada 1978)
1978Ferrari

Atari PONG Prototype PCB
1972Atari, Inc.

Ferrari 512S Modulo Concept
1970Pininfarina

IBM System/360 SLT Module and Logic Card
1964IBM

Apple-1 Computer
1976Apple Computer Company

Mercedes-Benz SSK 'Count Trossi'
1930Mercedes-Benz

Imperial Bay Tree Egg
1911House of Fabergé

Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
2006Pininfarina (on Ferrari Enzo chassis)

North American P-51D Mustang
1944North American Aviation

WWII Field Radio Transceiver
1943Galvin Manufacturing (Motorola)

Man Ray, 'Noire et Blanche'
1926Man Ray

Porsche 911T '277'
1971Porsche (modified by the collector)

North American Aviation Engineering Drawing
1962North American Aviation

McLaren F1 LM
1996McLaren Cars

Rolex Daytona Ref. 6263, 18k Yellow Gold
c. 1972Rolex

Declaration of Independence (Stone Engraving, 1823)
1823William J. Stone for the U.S. Department of State

Ferrari Dino 246 GTS (Outlaw)
1972Ferrari (modified)

Supermarine Spitfire
1942Supermarine

McLaren F1 GTR
1996McLaren Cars

Blade Runner Blaster, Bench-Built Replica
2019Adam Savage (replica)

Victorian Brass Microscope
1884R. & J. Beck, London

Ferrari Dino 206 Competizione Prototipo
1967Pininfarina

Dorothea Lange, 'Migrant Mother' (Vintage Print)
1936Dorothea Lange

McLaren F1
1994McLaren Cars

Director's Leather-Bound Notebook (No. 3)
c. 2000Guillermo del Toro

Hamer Five-Neck Guitar
1981Hamer Guitars

Thirteenth Amendment (Congressional Copy)
1865U.S. Congress

Early Integrated Circuit Wafer
1967Fairchild Semiconductor (attributed)

Sputnik Test Article
1957OKB-1 (Soviet space program)

Mitsubishi A6M Zero
c. 1943Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Jaguar D-Type
1955Jaguar Cars

Polaroid SX-70 Prototype
1971Polaroid Corporation

Patek Philippe Ref. 5970G Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
c. 2005Patek Philippe

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Screen-Used Car)
1968Alan Mann Racing (film production)

Ferrari 330 P3/4 (Chassis 0846) Recreation
1967 / rebuiltFerrari (period chassis; rebuilt)

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard
1959Gibson

Ferrari 288 GTO
1985Ferrari

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
c. 1945de Havilland

Enigma Cipher Machine
c. 1943Heimsoeth & Rinke

Handwritten Engineer's Laboratory Notebook
1958Unknown engineer, Bell Telephone Laboratories

Ferrari F40
1990Ferrari

Chrysler Turbine Car
1963Chrysler Corporation

Mughal Turban Ornament (Jigha)
c. 1875Indian court workshop

Apple Lisa 1 (Twiggy Drive)
1983Apple Computer

Edward Steichen, 'The Flatiron'
1904Edward Steichen

UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter
1989Sikorsky Aircraft

Porsche 911 'STR II' Tribute Build
1972Porsche (modified by the collector)

Rolex Daytona Ref. 6264 in Gold, Red 'Daytona' Dial
c. 1970Rolex

Focke-Wulf Fw 190
1944 / restoredFocke-Wulf / Flug Werk (restoration)

Experimental Jet Engine Turbine Blade
1952General Electric (attributed)

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG 003
2015Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus
Experimental Semiconductor Package
1961Texas Instruments (attributed)

Ferrari Enzo
2003Ferrari

Maserati Tipo 61 'Birdcage'
1960Maserati

Robert Hooke, 'Micrographia' (1665)
1665Royal Society (printer John Martyn)

Imperial Spinel and Pearl Necklace
c. 1800Mughal / Deccan court workshop

Kenbak-1 Computer
1971Kenbak Corporation

Pressed Botanical Specimen, Appalachian Wildflower
1911Unknown collector

Frankenstein Monster Life-Size Figure
20th c.Commissioned reproduction (Karloff / Jack Pierce design)

Corona Silent Portable Typewriter
c. 1940L.C. Smith & Corona

Baker Electric Runabout
1909Baker Motor Vehicle Company

LaFerrari
2014Ferrari

George Platt Lynes, 'A Forgotten Model'
c. 1937George Platt Lynes

Early GPS Prototype Receiver
1978Rockwell International

M998 Humvee, ex-U.S. Marine Corps
1985AM General

Jaguar D-Type
1955Jaguar Cars

Patek Philippe Ref. 5004 Split-Seconds Perpetual Calendar
c. 1999Patek Philippe

Sopwith Camel (Airworthy)
1918 / restoredSopwith Aviation Company / The Vintage Aviator (restoration)

Jade-Hilted Dagger (Khanjar)
c. 1700Mughal court workshop

1952 Fender Telecaster
1952Fender

Hermes 3000 Portable Typewriter
c. 1960Paillard S.A.

Alien Nostromo EVA Helmet, Bench-Built Replica
2012Adam Savage (replica)

Fokker Dr.I Triplane (Airworthy)
1918 / restoredFokker / The Vintage Aviator (restoration)

Mercury Spacesuit, Bench-Built Replica
c. 2018Adam Savage (replica)

Cold War Missile Silo Blast Door
1962U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (attributed)

Early Video Game Cartridge Prototype
1976Fairchild Channel F program (attributed)

Cray-1 Supercomputer Modules
c. 1978Cray Research

Hamer Checkerboard Standard
c. 1978Hamer Guitars

Olivetti Lettera 32
c. 1963Olivetti

Duesenberg Model J
1934Duesenberg, Inc.

Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 1675
c. 1968Rolex

Enameled Gold Rosewater Sprinkler
c. 1725Mughal court workshop

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 (964) Build
1990Porsche (modified by the collector)

Bleak House 'Rain Room' Installation
c. 2010Guillermo del Toro (commissioned environment)

Mal Reynolds' Pistol, Bench-Built Replica
c. 2014Adam Savage (replica)

Erika Portable Typewriter, Arabic Script
c. 1955VEB Robotron-Erika (attributed)

Vintage Formula 1 Steering Wheel
1967Momo (attributed)

Carved Emerald Pendant
c. 1650Mughal court workshop

Doble E-20 Steam Car
1925Doble Steam Motors

Scelbi-8H Computer
1974Scelbi Computer Consulting

Vesalius, 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica' (1543)
1543Johannes Oporinus (printer), Basel

Dwight Electric Guitar
c. 1965Dwight (Epiphone-distributed)

Mark V Special Operations Craft, former U.S. Navy
1995Halter Marine (attributed)

Surveyor's Transit
1908W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York

Ray Harryhausen-Style Stop-Motion Skeleton Figure
c. 1963Attributed to the Harryhausen tradition

ZF-1 Pod Weapon, Bench-Built Replica
c. 2016Adam Savage (replica)

Olympia Portable Typewriter, Cyrillic Script
c. 1958Olympia Werke

Porsche 914-6
1970Porsche / Karmann

Porsche 356A Coupe
1956Porsche

WWII Aircraft Altimeter
1942Kollsman Instrument Company

WWI Royal Flying Corps Officer's Uniform Group
c. 1917Various outfitters

Meteorite Specimen
Prehistoric fall; collected 20th c.Natural object

H.P. Lovecraft Life-Size Bust
c. 1998Commissioned sculpture

Tesla Model S, Bare-Aluminum Finish
c. 2016Tesla, Inc.

Vickers Machine Gun (Deactivated)
c. 1916Vickers Limited

Strowger Telephone Switch Component
1924Automatic Electric Company

Personal Deep-Sea Submersible
c. 2015Unattributed

E6B Analog Flight Computer
1944Dalton / U.S. Army Air Forces

Scientific Glassware Set
c. 1931Unknown glassblower