Christie's Going Once No. 401 | Innovations from Paul Allen’s collection

From left: Jacques Cousteau, Mimeographed manuscript, 1966. 9½ in (24.1 cm) high; 13½ in (34.3 cm) wide; 1¼ in (3.2 cm) deep. Estimate: $10,000-15,000. Offered in Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection on 10 September 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Heimsoeth & Rinke, A four-rotor Enigma cipher machine, 1941. Serial number M5521. 6½ in (16.5 cm) high; 11¼ in (28.6 cm) wide; 136 in (34.8 cm) deep overall (case). Estimate: $300,000-500,000. Offered in Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection on 10 September 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Frank R. Paul (1884-1963), Take-off from Mt. Everest, c.1934. Gouache and colours on paper. 22 x 16 in (55.9 x 40.6 cm). Estimate: $12,000-18,000. Offered in Over the Horizon: Art of the Future from the Paul G. Allen Collection until 12 September at Christie’s Online / Pflederer Census of Portolan Charts and Atlases, Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the North-West Atlantic Ocean, last quarter of the 16th Century. 382 x 23⅝ in (97 x 60 cm). Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Offered in Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection on 10 September 2024 at Christie’s in New York / King’s Point MFG. Co., Buzz Aldrin's NASA flight suit, c. 1966. Type K2-B light-weight one-piece flight suit. 62 in (157.5 cm). Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Offered in Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection on 10 September 2024 at Christie’s in New York // The collectors Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall photographed in their Minot, North Dakota, home by Mandi Carroll // Render of Christie’s new Asia Pacific headquarters, the Zaha Hadid-designed Henderson building in Hong Kong, by Pixel Flakes // An aerial view of the Pt. Leo Estate, which overlooks Bass Strait on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Photo: © C. McConville / Pt. Leo Estate