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Mike Hanlon

Phuket

Founder, Chairman and Feature Writer at New Atlas

Technology writer, motorcycle enthusiast, permanent traveler

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  • Business cards of history's most important people, #11 to #20

    2 weeks ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

    This is the second part of a series in which we examine history from a different angle. The business card has been in its popular analog cardboard format for just over 200 years – a period in which society and scientific knowhow have moved at warp speed. The earliest card in our top 100 is that of James Watt (of steam engine fame), and at the other end of our list are a dozen people still handing out their cards to this day.

  • TOP 100 Business Cards of history's most important people - #1-10

    3 weeks ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

    There has always been a marketplace for the personal cards of important people, but the humble ceremonial personal card (aka business card, visiting card, calling card, Carte de Visite) has never received much attention at auction, and has often been used as part of a significant lot to highlight provenance and authenticity. Personal cards are the ultimate in authenticity - they are the cards crafted by and handed out by history's giants to represent them.

  • If Steve Jobs’ card sold for $181,000, then what’s Albert Einstein's worth?

    4 weeks ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

    The recent auction prices paid for the business cards of Steve Jobs ($181,183, $103,750, $45,426, $15,344, $13,289, $12,905, $12,080, $11,898 and $10,050), Elon Musk ($39,238, $12,905 and $12,811) and Jeff Bezos () raise some fascinating questions about the long-term value of all the business cards that have sold before ... and an Albert Einstein business card currently being auctioned by Remarkable Rarities and due to close on June 11.

  • Bargain alert: 'no reserve' Talbot-Lago Figoni Teardrop heads to auction

    1 month ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

    It’s not often that an acclaimed masterpiece goes to auction without a reserve price, but this week’s fabled Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este will host an extraordinary auction on 25 May 2025 where a Talbot-Lago T150C Teardrop Coupé will face the hammer without a safety net.

  • Surtees' Ducati 851 may set auction record at Villa D'Este event

    1 month ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

    The auction block is a wonderful arbiter of the value of a storied object and the intrigue it creates is often better than fiction. The Ducati 851 won Ducati's first World Superbike Championship in 1990 but it has not sold well at auction by comparison to Ducati's long roster of special models created since. This auction may well alert the world to a growing collectible juggernaut.

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Mike Hanlon
Mike Hanlon @Mike_Hanlon
11 Jul 22

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16 Jun 22

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Mike Hanlon
Mike Hanlon @Mike_Hanlon
8 Nov 11

Just checked in to my hotel in Tokyo - 22 hours of transit later - iRex opens tomorrow morning - http://t.co/Kxpua0vq