Nazi Enigma machine sells for world record price ($208,137)
An Enigma machine has smashed auction estimates and sold for a world record price. The encoding device sparked a three-way bidding war when it went under the hammer at Christie's in London, selling for $208,137. The previous record for an Enigma machine was £67,250, at the same auction house, in November 2010. Vitally important to the Nazi war machine, the Enigma machine was used by the German military to encrypt messages into a form they believed was unbreakable. However, the code was cracked by a team of cryptologists at Bletchley Park in England - a breakthrough which shortened the war by at least two years.
(cnn.com)
An Enigma machine has smashed auction estimates and sold for a world record price. The encoding device sparked a three-way bidding war when it went under the hammer at Christie's in London, selling for $208,137. The previous record for an Enigma machine was £67,250, at the same auction house, in November 2010. Vitally important to the Nazi war machine, the Enigma machine was used by the German military to encrypt messages into a form they believed was unbreakable. However, the code was cracked by a team of cryptologists at Bletchley Park in England - a breakthrough which shortened the war by at least two years.
(cnn.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment