AR / ITEM / 00100491

Joe DiMaggio’s Audemars Piguet Ref. 5178BC

Audemars Piguet

This square white-gold Audemars Piguet belonged to Joe DiMaggio and bears the dedication “To Joe from Aaron, Oct.

Date
1962

Plate not recorded
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Record

This square white-gold Audemars Piguet belonged to Joe DiMaggio and bears the dedication “To Joe from Aaron, Oct. 1962”. Christie’s sold it in New York on 21 June 2017 for $31,250. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Christie's source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.

Culture
Swiss
Medium
18k white gold
Origin
Switzerland

In the Tapestry

Associated with
Christie'sA

Provenance and history

  1. 1962

    Made / first documentedA

    This square white-gold Audemars Piguet belonged to Joe DiMaggio and bears the dedication “To Joe from Aaron, Oct. 1962”.

  2. 21 June 2017

    Public saleA

    Christie’s sold it in New York on 21 June 2017 for $31,250.

Sources

  1. A

    Christie's, 'Jackie Kennedy’s Cartier Tank — and other watches linked to American icons'

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