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Enigma machine fetches record $365,000 in NY
An extremely rare and fully operational Nazi Enigma machine from World War II has sold for $365,000 in New York, setting a new record at auction.
(AFP) An extremely rare and fully operational Nazi Enigma machine from World War II has sold for $365,000 in New York, setting a new record at auction, Bonhams said Thursday.
The M4 machine, which was built between 1943 and 1945, is one of around 150 to have survived from an estimated 1,500 that were built as Nazi Germany fought to fend off the Allies.
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