The price was an auction record for a work by any living artist.
A copy of Detective 27, the 1939 issue in which he first appeared, brought $55,000, an auction record.
The sale price set a new auction record for Australian muscle cars.
The car more than tripled the previous auction record, selling for $153,200.
It was an auction record in this country for any rug.
The price remains the auction record for a Poe work.
This was over four times the previous auction record for a Stradivari violin.
More than half the auction records were rewritten by items made in the 20th century.
This auction record for an ancient object was not exceeded until 1986.
Even so, the final $4.8 million price set an auction record for the artist's work.
