The sale of an ancient arithmetic machine known as the 'Pascaline' has been suspended after a French administrative court blocked its export. Leading auction house Christie's decided to call off its ...

[PARIS] Christie’s said on Wednesday (Nov 19) it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world’s first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and ...

Christie's said it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal in 1642.

Chiefly typescript (carbon copies) of documents, with some photo-reproduced illustrations and diagrams, advertisements excised from office supply catalogs and business periodicals, and hand-drawn ...

These materials relate to collections and policies of the Felt & Tarrant Musuem, a collection of mecanical computing devices eventually given to the Smithsonian. Incuded are typescripts of articles ...

Christie’s, the British auction house, has halted the sale of the world's first calculator “La Pascaline” in Paris. The auction of the first calculating machine was scheduled for Wednesday, but the ...

This photograph shows La Pascaline, the first mechanical calculating machine, invented by French polymath Blaise Pascal, displayed at the Christie's auction house in Paris, on September 11, 2025.