Adam Stackhouse
Biography
Adam Stackhouse, senior specialist at Sotheby’s in Science & Popular Culture, is an auction veteran with nearly three decades of experience. He previously worked as Bonhams’ specialist in charge of the History of Science & Technology and the Space History auctions from 2016 through 2024. Notable successes include a Sputnik-1 lab test model ($847,500); an Albert Einstein-owned violin ($516,500); NASA-verified fragments of the Apollo 11 lunar contingency sample ($504,375); Neil Peart’s drum kit used with Rush from 1974-1977 ($500,312); multiple Apple-1 computers, the highest reaching $372,500; and a 1983 Apple “Twiggy” Macintosh prototype ($150,075).
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