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Rare Enigma M4 Sells for €482,600 in Paris, Setting Record

The four-rotor cipher machine is prized for its extreme scarcity, with Christie's estimating fewer than 100 surviving examples.

Overview

  • Christie's confirmed the fully functional WWII-era device sold to an anonymous buyer in Paris.
  • The machine came from a French collector before the sale.
  • The M4 is housed in a wooden case and features a keyboard and four rotors.
  • Christie's said the price far exceeded pre-sale expectations.
  • The result surpasses a prior public benchmark set in 2015, when an M4 sold for $365,000 at Bonhams in New York.