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Rare Apple I Fetches $387,750 In Christie’s Online Auction
We’ve seen a couple of vintage Apple I computers auctioned off over the past year or so, each with an astronomically huge price tag. Another rare Apple I was sold at a Christie’s online auction today...
View ArticleThis Is What A Jony Ive Designed Leica M Looks Like [Gallery]
Ever since Phil Schiller admitted that Apple considered making a standalone camera at one point, we’ve wondered what the results would look like if Sir Jony Ive’s obsessive attention to detail was...
View ArticleThis Is The Desk That Jony Ive Thinks Your Mac Should Be Sat On
When you spend thousands of dollars on a new Mac, you don’t want to take it home and put it on anything — you want the desk beneath to look just as good. So, wouldn’t it be awesome if the Mac’s...
View ArticleRare Working Apple I With Original Packaging To Be Auctioned Next Month
An Apple I computer from the original batch of 50 that Jobs and Woz sold to the Byte Shop in 1976 will be put on the auctioning block in Germany next month. Early estimates claim that the computer...
View ArticleTwiggy Mac Update: World’s Oldest Working Macintosh Goes to Auction
Auctions for rare Apple equipment have attracted a lot of attention the past few years, with prices for the Apple 1 going as high as an astounding $671,000! Another Apple 1 is going up for auction in...
View ArticleVintage Apple Auction News: Twiggy Mac Sells for 33K, No Sale For Apple 1 &...
Markets rise and markets fall – that’s true for stocks, real estate, tulips, etc. That’s also true with vintage computers – though even in a down market there’s still some money to be made. At an...
View ArticleApple 1 Sold for $330k After Auction Close
On Saturday Cult of Mac reported that a working Apple 1 failed to sell at auction in Germany, a notable result in the growing market for vintage Apple collectibles. It turns out that result was...
View ArticleYowza! Product (RED) Mac Pro Sells for $977,000 at Auction
Now here’s one for the record books – a special one-of-a-kind Product (RED) Mac Pro, created jointly by Jony Ive and Marc Newson, sold at Sotheby’s on Saturday for $977,000! The upper six figure bid...
View ArticleWhy Your Old Mac Could Be Worth Big Bucks, This Week On Our Newest CultCast
It’s our T-Day edition CultCast! This time: Jony Ive’s golden touch makes millions for charity; Apple teases underwhelming Black Friday deals; how Apple’s blacklist keeps bad press at bay; the new...
View ArticleRare 1978 Steve Jobs Document Fetches $40,000 At Auction
A 1978 legal agreement between Steve Jobs and future mining tycoon billionaire Robert Friedland has fetched $40,000 at auction. The eight-page legal document set up an investment business, and carries...
View ArticleTony Fadell Denies Purchasing Jony Ive’s (RED) Mac Pro
Tony Fadell, father of the original iPod and creator of the Nest home thermostat, sparked all kinds of speculation earlier this week after appearing in photos posted to Twitter alongside Jony Ive’s...
View ArticleApple Lisa expected to fetch a whopping $42K at auction
Remember that original Apple Lisa computer you’ve got in the basement, boxed next to your old VHS player and Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots toys? It may be time to dust it off and take it an auction house....
View ArticleApple’s original rainbow office signs hit the auction block
From 1993 until 1997, Apple’s rainbow logo smiled down from the east-facing side of Infinite Loop’s Building 3 as drivers sped north on Highway 280. Now these Styrofoam and fiberglass signs are treated...
View ArticleRare portrait-mode Mac prototype up for auction
From a rare Apple Lisa computer to the original rainbow-colored signs from the Cupertino offices there have been some great Apple items up for auction as of late. Now you can add “rare Mac prototype”...
View ArticleRare Superman comic fetches record $3.2 million
Earlier this week, a copy of the holy grail of comic book collecting, Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, sold on eBay for a record shattering sum of $3.2 million. This pristine copy of Superman’s first...
View ArticleLet the bidding begin on working Apple I
Nestled among the vintage globes, surgical drawings and reflecting telescopes at Bonhams New York’s upcoming “History of Science” auction are spectacular several Apple-related goodies. Most impressive...
View ArticleAnother Apple-1 expected to make big bucks at auction
Just weeks after a rare Apple-1 computer sold for record numbers at auction, another operational unit of Apple’s first ever computer is set to go under the gavel. Christie’s is expecting the machine to...
View ArticleWorking Apple-1 goes (kind of) cheap at auction
A working Apple-1 computer has sold at a Christie’s auction for $365,000: more than 600x the $600 that was paid for it back in July 1976, when it was bought from Steve Jobs. While the figure is...
View ArticleMice signed by Jobs and Woz are the perfect gift for any Apple fan
Have a spare $3,900 lying around to spend on the Apple fan in your life? If so, you could do a lot worse than splashing out on twin mice, still in their packaging, signed by none other than Apple...
View ArticleVery first Apple computer hits auction block at mind-blowing price
Some of the most important scientific instruments of the past 700 years are hitting the auction block later this month, but one of the newest creations in the lot — one of the very first computers...
View ArticleAndy Warhol’s classic Macintosh ad can be yours for $600,000
Old Apple computers are no stranger to Sotheby’s, but next week a different piece of Apple history is hitting the auction block, only this high-priced collectors item was created by Andy Warhol instead...
View ArticleSteve Jobs’s smelly old sandals just sold at auction
An odd assortment of purported artefacts from Steve Jobs’s wilderness years – including a pair of his smelly old sandals – were sold at auction today. And while it’s not entirely clear who bought them,...
View ArticleToday in Apple history: Original Apple I sells for big bucks at auction
On June 24, 2013, an Apple I — the first ever computer built by Apple Computer, Inc. — was listed for auction by international auction house Christie’s. Thought to be one of the first 25 units to be...
View ArticleLunch with Apple’s new rockstar exec is up for auction
Tim Cook isn’t the only Apple executive who’s willing to have lunch with fans in an effort to raise money for charity. Bozoma Saint John, chief of global consumer marketing for Apple Music and iTunes,...
View ArticleApple I charity auction could top $1 million
An incredibly rare and unique Apple I computer is set to hit the auction block next week, and it could break the record for the most money ever paid for one of Jobs and Woz’s first computers....
View ArticleBids for Apple-1 computer built by Steve Jobs pass $500,000
Online bids for an original Apple-1 computer, reportedly built by Steve Jobs, have passed $500,000. The so-called “Celebration” Apple-1 comes with period correct power supply, original Apple-1 ACI...
View ArticleExtremely rare Apple I sells for $815,000
Bidding for the extremely rare “Celebration Apple I” being auctioned by CharityBuzz closed today and while the lot failed to break the record for the most amount paid for an Apple I computer, the...
View ArticleSteve Jobs’ leather jacket and black turtleneck go up for auction
Want to own a bunch of Steve Jobs’ old crap from the ’80s and ’90s? Some of the Apple co-founder’s personal items have just hit the auction block, giving some Jobs-obsessed nerd the first opportunity...
View ArticleRare Apple I might fetch $300,000 at auction
An Apple I may not be much use to you these days, but its significance in Apple history makes it one of the most valuable pieces of old technology. Another rare Apple I, complete with an archive of...
View ArticleTim Cook charity lunch auction shatters previous record
Bidding on the charity auction to eat lunch with Tim Cook finally closed today with the winning bid pulling in more money than any of Cook’s previous auctions. Over 30 bids were placed for the...
View ArticleModified Apple-1 will go up for auction later this month
A working Apple-1 computer will go under the hammer at a Christie’s auction later this month, with an estimated value of between $300,000 and $500,000. Not only is the Apple-1 motherboard one of...
View Article$800,000 might snag you Apple’s first computer
Ever wanted to get hold of Apple’s rarest computer, and have enough cash to purchase a good-sized family home in many parts of the U.S. to buy it with? Then you may be interested in CharityBuzz’s new...
View ArticleSteve Jobs’‘phone-phreaking’ blue box is going up for auction
What was the first gadget Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ever manufactured and sold? No, we’re not talking about the Apple-1, but rather the “blue box,” a device which allowed users to make free...
View ArticleSteve Jobs job application hits auction block for $50,000
Steve Jobs probably never had to fill out a job application after founding Apple Computer Inc., but if you want proof that he was once some regular Joe, one of his last job applications is up for...
View Article18-year-old Steve Jobs’ job application sells for big bucks
A job application filled out by 18-year-old Steve Jobs in 1973 has sold at auction for $174,757 — significantly more than the $50,000 it was expected to raise. The application reminds us the there was...
View ArticleBid now for an original Beta copy of the iconic 1984 Mac ad
Want to own a genuine rare piece of Apple history? Up for auction right now is an original Beta cassette dub from 1983, containing two different edits of Ridley Scott’s iconic “Nineteen Eighty-Four”...
View ArticleWorking Apple-1 sells to mystery buyer for $375,000
A rare working Apple-1 computer, one of just 200 built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, has sold at auction for $375,000. The computer is thought to be just one of only around 15 Apple-1 models...
View ArticleYou could soon be the proud owner of Steve Jobs’ toilet
Do you want to own a chandelier that once belonged to Steve Jobs? How about a Jobs-owned thermostat, originally made in 1925? Or a silver-plated tea spoon? Or, heck, even Jobs’ old toilet? These, and...
View ArticleMacworld mag signed by Steve Jobs goes up for auction
A piece of a well-known story about Steve Jobs’ disdain for giving autographs goes on the auction block Thursday. At the 2006 opening of an Apple Store in New York City, the Apple co-founder initially...
View ArticleHandwritten Steve Jobs document fails to sell at auction
A vintage handwritten spec sheet in which Steve Jobs called the Apple-1 motherboard a “great deal” has failed to sell at auction. The document, written in the mid-1970s, was up for auction as part of...
View ArticleRare Steve Jobs signed plaque goes up for auction
A 10-year Apple employment plaque signed by Steve Jobs is up for auction. The 6 x 12-inch framed plaque was given to Apple employee Suzanne Lindbergh in 2000. It is signed in black felt tip by Apple’s...
View ArticleRare Apple-1 with original documentation goes up for auction
Want to own one of the very first computers Apple ever launched? You very well could, thanks to a Christie’s auction selling an Apple-1 personal computer, circa 1976. This model comes complete with...
View Article‘Portable’ Apple-1 in a briefcase just sold for $471,000 at auction
A rare Apple-1 computer built by Steve Wozniak in 1976 has sold for $471,000 in a Christie’s auction. According to the Apple-1 Registry of known Apple-1 computers, this is number 10 of just 68 thought...
View ArticleToy Story poster signed by Steve Jobs sells for $31,250
A Toy Story poster signed by Steve Jobs has sold at auction in Los Angeles for $31,250 — more than $6,000 more than its starting price. The 24-inch-by-36-inch poster was signed by Jobs back in 1995....
View ArticleSteve Jobs’ teenage job application goes up for auction
Steve Jobs didn’t have to fill in a whole lot of job applications during his life. After founding Apple Computer at 21, Jobs’ name was well enough known that he didn’t have to mail off too many resumes...
View ArticleVintage 1978-era Apple signboard goes up for auction
Today, the Apple logo is up there with the Nike “swoosh” as one of the world’s most recognizable corporate icons. But, back in 1978, it was the just another logo belonging to an early stage startup...
View ArticleSteve Jobs’ teenage job application sells for much more than expected
The fascination with Steve Jobs continues on a decade after he passed away. A handwritten job application the Apple cofounder filled out in 1973 sold on Thursday for $221,747 (£162,000). That’s far...
View ArticlePaper job application filled out by Steve Jobs in 1973 sells for $343,000
A job application filled out by 18-year-old Steve Jobs in 1973 has sold for $343,000 — and, based on its history, that may actually be a pretty good deal. The rare paper document, possibly the only job...
View ArticleBidding on super-rare Chaffey College Apple-1 computer starts at $200,000
As many Apple fans knows, the company’s first products was the Apple-1 personal computer, initially put together in a garage by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976. Now one unit in their early run of...
View ArticleIncredibly rare Chaffey College Apple-1 sells at auction for $500,000
Lots of Apple fans know the company’s first product was the Apple-1 personal computer. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs initially put the machines together in a garage in 1976. Now one unit in their early...
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