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== The Phillips sale (12 May 2018) ==

Phillips Daytona Ultimatum was a 32-watch thematic sale curated by Pucci Papaleo with Aurel Bacs at the rostrum. The Unicorn was Lot 8 and the headline lot of the auction. Phillips's lot essay framed the watch as the authentic sole white gold 6265, with the dial, pushers, and bezel disclosed as period-correct service replacements sourced by Goldberger during his ownership. The watch hammered at CHF 5,400,000 with buyer's premium bringing the all-in price to CHF 5,937,500 — USD ~~approximately~~ 5.9M at prevailing exchange.

Phillips Daytona Ultimatum was a 32-watch thematic sale curated by Pucci Papaleo with Aurel Bacs at the rostrum. The Unicorn was Lot 8 and the headline lot of the auction. Phillips's lot essay framed the watch as the authentic sole white gold 6265, with the dial, pushers, and bezel disclosed as period-correct service replacements sourced by Goldberger during his ownership. The watch hammered at CHF 5,400,000 with buyer's premium bringing the all-in price to CHF 5,937,500 — about USD 5.9M at prevailing exchange.

The sale placed the Unicorn at second on the all-time Rolex auction list at that date, behind only Paul Newman's own 6239 ([[Reference:paul-newman-daytona|USD 17.52M at Phillips Winning Icons, October 2017]]). The broader Daytona Ultimatum sale reset the market ceiling across manual-wind Daytona collecting and established Phillips as the canonical auction house for thematic Rolex sales.

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 == The Phillips sale (12 May 2018) ==
-Phillips Daytona Ultimatum was a 32-watch thematic sale curated by Pucci Papaleo with Aurel Bacs at the rostrum. The Unicorn was Lot 8 and the headline lot of the auction. Phillips's lot essay framed the watch as the authentic sole white gold 6265, with the dial, pushers, and bezel disclosed as period-correct service replacements sourced by Goldberger during his ownership. The watch hammered at CHF 5,400,000 with buyer's premium bringing the all-in price to CHF 5,937,500 — USD approximately 5.9M at prevailing exchange.
+Phillips Daytona Ultimatum was a 32-watch thematic sale curated by Pucci Papaleo with Aurel Bacs at the rostrum. The Unicorn was Lot 8 and the headline lot of the auction. Phillips's lot essay framed the watch as the authentic sole white gold 6265, with the dial, pushers, and bezel disclosed as period-correct service replacements sourced by Goldberger during his ownership. The watch hammered at CHF 5,400,000 with buyer's premium bringing the all-in price to CHF 5,937,500 — about USD 5.9M at prevailing exchange.
 The sale placed the Unicorn at second on the all-time Rolex auction list at that date, behind only Paul Newman's own 6239 ([[Reference:paul-newman-daytona|USD 17.52M at Phillips Winning Icons, October 2017]]). The broader Daytona Ultimatum sale reset the market ceiling across manual-wind Daytona collecting and established Phillips as the canonical auction house for thematic Rolex sales.