Overview
- Christie's confirmed the fully working machine sold in Paris for €482,600, beating pre-sale expectations and setting a record for the model.
- The M4 is housed in a wooden case with a keyboard and four rotors, distinguishing it from more common three-rotor versions.
- Fewer than about 100 Enigma M4 machines are believed to have survived, according to Christie's.
- The buyer remains anonymous, and the machine came from a French private collector.
- The price eclipses a 2015 Bonhams New York sale of an M4 at $365,000, the previous high-water mark.