Andy Vajna’ belongings auctioned off for over 240,000 Euros

The items sold amount to over 240,000 Euros. There was a full house at the auction, and almost everything got sold. Vajna’s films relics were the most popular items, but the Munkácsy piece went for the highest price (83,000 Euros).

As Daily News Hungary also reported earlier, Andy Vajna’s widow, Tímea Vajna announced that a fascinating collection of the Hungarian-born media mogul’s personal belongings would be auctioned off this December. The auction took place at Nagyházi Gallery and Auction House on 7 December. It took three and a half hours to sell almost everything from the collection, amounting to 80 million Forints (around 241,000 Euros). Out of the 253 items, only ten did not get sold, as Forbes reports.

People showed much interest in the collection, which included photographs signed by Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, furniture, posters, movie relics and ornaments.

Perhaps two of the most notable items were an original Munkácsy artwork and a Bentley Cabrio. Some would say these items were sold for surprisingly “low” prices. The estimated worth of the Munkácsy piece was around 28 million Forints (appr. 83,000 Euros), and it got sold for 84,500 Euros without any actual bidding. The bid for Vajna’s Bentley Cabrio started at 10 million Forints, and it was finally sold for 15 million Forints (45,000 Euros).

The starting price for three original knives that were used in the famous Rambo movies was 20 million Forints (60,000 Euros). The blades were sold, but their online bidder eventually backed down.