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A pair of rare Rolex watches owned by Paul Newman are expected to fetch millions at auction after the late-actor's daughter Nell discovered them in a desk drawer in their family home.
One of the watches - a white-faced chronograph with a metal band - was awarded to Newman after he won the 24 Hours of Daytona race in 1995, and the other - black-faced and with a leather band - was given to him by his wife and is inscribed with the advice 'Drive Very Slowly Joanne.'
Both watches will be auctioned in June as part of a sale of over 300 items that belonged to Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward.
Though Sotheby's estimated the watches would sell for between $500,000 and $1million each, watch specialists predicted they could draw more than a million apiece, according to the Wallstreet Journal.
The racecar driving actor's watches have drawn high price tags at auction before, with another Rolex with a unique dial fetching almost $18million in 2017.
Paul Newman wearing what appears to be his 1993 Rolex Daytona Zenith 16520 in Mexico City in 2007. The watch which is going up for auction in June and is expected to fetch millions
Paul Newman celebrating victory at the Champ Car World Series GP in Mexico City
The white-faced Daytona is a 1993 Rolex Daytona Zenith 16520, with 'Rolex at Daytona 24 Paul
