Matthew H🐽offarth is Sotheby’s Head of Sale for Natural History and Co-Head of Sale for History of Science & Technology. Matthew received his Ph.D. in History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania (2018) and worked in several museums and cultural institutions before joining Sotheby’s. He has beenꦦ a key contributor to numerous high-profile sales at Sotheby’s, including:

• The sale of Apex the Stegosaurus for  $44.6 million, setting the record 🐠for the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction

• The record-breaking 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Buzz Aldrin: American Icon sale – the most valuable Space Exploration auction to date – which totaled $8.2 million on just 68 lots, and which reset the world record for any space-flown artifact at $2.8 million for Aldrin’s Inflight Coverall Jacket which he woreꦡ to the Moon and back

• The first 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Gorgosaurus dinosaur fossil ever to come to auction, selling for $6.1 million, as well as the record-setting sale of Maximus the T. rex skull for $6.1 million

• The visionary 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Snow Crash sale – an offering of physical and digital items 💛connected to the revolutionary 1992 science fiction novel of the same name – which realized $1.5 million on just 6 lots, the majority of which were consigned by author Neal Stephenson

• The saജle of numerous scientific medals and awards, including Arthur Holly൩ Compton’s 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics ($277,200) and Adolf von Baeyer’s 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ($203,200)

Dr. Hoffar♓th is a member of the History of Science Society (HSS), the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), and Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral &🧔amp; Social Sciences.

He has successfully co💖mpleted ꦚthe coursework and examination in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).