What’s cooler than a gold Speedmaster Apollo XI from 1969? One that is complete with box and papers! The gold Speedmaster Apollo XI BA145.022-69 was one of the first special Speedmaster watches that I came across when I just started to become a Speedmaster collector. In an early stage, I was introduced to a local […]

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Ok so I thought the example at auction had a crater box with it, but I must have seen the picture of this one for private sale and made a mistake. So a nice but not super nice example brought in 68k and the nice example with crater box and papers and low number brought in something near 140k. That’s pretty wild.

 

Any idea of what a value would be on the model with the case back not designated for the public?

 

Yep, it was showcased as a private sale at Phillips.



It was already sold on saturday afternoon, 140k is also what I heard when I arrived. Was by far the most attractive Speedmaster offered at Phillips that day imo.

 

Wow, I just assumed that photo was the watch being auctioned. I need to talk to Phillips

 

Nice! Wonder if they ever did the 1450/808 in 18k gold just like they did there with the 1479/812 bracelet