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According to Boston-based RR Auctions, the clock stopped at the moment an atomic bomb exploded over a Japanese city at the end of World War II (8:15 a.m.). The winning bid at the auction, which ended Thursday, was $31,113.
This artifact was recovered from the ruins of Hiroshima and provides a glimpse of the devastating destruction of the first atomic bomb exploded over the city.
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The auction house said the small brass-colored clock was a rare survivor of the blast zone and was auctioned off along with other historically significant items. Despite the clouding of the crystal from the explosion, the clock’s hands remain frozen at 8:15 a.m., the moment the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb.
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According to the auction house, the item’s consignor said British soldiers recovered the watch from ruins in the city during a mission to provide emergency supplies and assess post-conflict reconstruction needs at the Hiroshima Prefectural Promotion Center. That’s what it means.
“This museum-quality work serves as a moving, educational symbol that not only reminds us of the cost of war, but also highlights the profound and destructive capabilities of humanity that we must strive to avoid. This is our fervent wish,” Bobby said. Mr. Livingston, RR Auction Executive Vice President. “For example, this watch commemorates the exact moment when history changed forever.”
The winning bidder has chosen to remain anonymous.
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Other items up for auction include a signed copy of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong’s “The Little Red Book,” which sold for $250,000, and a check signed by George Washington (the only one to ever hit the market). It included one of only two known checks signed by the president. Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 Lunar Module Preparation Checklist sold for $76,533, according to RR Auctions.
