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Coffee with Tim Cook auction closes at $610,000

by Michael Grothaus (May 15th, 2013)

The CharityBuzz auction for coffee with Tim Cook closed at US$610,000 yesterday. The high bidder will meet Tim Cook on a mutually agreed-upon date for 30 to 60 minutes. On the last day of the auction the high bid sat at $605,000, but in the last 30 minutes someone who had not placed a bid before ...

'Coffee with Tim Cook' auction ends Tuesday afternoon, current bid is $605,000

by Yoni Heisler (May 14th, 2013)

A few weeks ago we reported on an online auction where the winner will have a unique opportunity to sit down for coffee with Tim Cook over at Apple's headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop. Since the auction began about three weeks ago, the bids reached unprecedented levels rather quickly. As it stands ...

Rare Apple-1 hits the auction block

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 3rd, 2013)

There are only six known working Apple-1 computers in the world, and one of these units will go on sale later this month. According to a report in Computerworld, German auction house Breker will be auctioning off the machine that was owned by Fred Hatfield. The Apple-1 includes the original ...

Bidding for coffee with Tim Cook breaks $550,000

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 26th, 2013)

Two days ago, we reported on a Charitybuzz auction which was auctioning off coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple's headquarters. Since the "item" first became available for bidding, the price to sit down with the Apple CEO has continued to rise to incredibly high levels. At the time of ...

Rare Apple I to be sold at auction

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 30th, 2012)

Another piece of Apple history is headed to the auction block later this year. According to a report in Computer World, an original Apple I computer will be offered at a Christie's auction that will be held October 9 in London, England. The Apple I belonged to former Apple employee Joe Copson, ...

Judge denies Apple's bid to move Kodak suit to new court

by Mike Schramm (Jul 30th, 2012)

Apple has suffered another setback in its attempts to stop the bankrupt Kodak from auctioning off a series of patents. After Apple's previous attempt to stop the auction wholesale failed, the company appealed to try to move the case from bankruptcy court to a local district court, which Apple ...

Pixar Image Computer: Yours on eBay for a cool $25K

by Steven Sande (Jul 24th, 2012)

So, you purchased a mint condition Apple I at an auction, have every model of Mac Quadra and Performa ever made, use your NeXT cube every day, love your working Newton MessagePad and QuickTake 100, and you're looking for something Apple-related that will finish off the collection. How about an ...

Vintage Apple I sells for $375,000

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 18th, 2012)

A rare piece of Apple history is no longer on the market. Last Friday, Auction house Sotheby's sold a working Apple I computer for US$374,500. The vintage computer sold for more than twice its estimated value after a bidding war broke out between two bidders, according to a CNN Money report. ...

Sotheby's to auction off working Apple-1

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 28th, 2012)

Earlier today, we mentioned that Sotheby's is selling a memo that Steve Jobs sent to Atari. While that hand-written note will be interesting to history buffs, another Sotheby's item will garner the attention of Apple hardware enthusiasts. According to Macworld, Sotheby's is also auctioning off ...

Huge Apple memorabilia collection up for auction on eBay

by Mike Schramm (Nov 9th, 2011)

TUAW reader Kray Mitchell sent along a link to let us know he's posted a whole bunch of his collection of Apple memorabilia from over the years on eBay, and even if you don't have the cash to pick up this stuff at all, it's at least interesting to browse through it. He's got an original Newton ...

Apple iPhone 4 prototype appears on eBay

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 4th, 2011)

A rare iPhone 4 prototype has landed on eBay. The device is being offered by a mobile phone repair person who reportedly bought the phone from a customer. The phone does not work and was bought for parts only. The seller tried to activate the handset and was unable to do so through iTunes. It ...

Nortel patent auction goes to Apple/Microsoft/RIM consortium

by Michael Rose (Jul 1st, 2011)

Back in April, the bankrupt telecom manufacturer Nortel put its patent portfolio on the block via a US$900 million 'stalking horse' sale agreement with a relative newcomer to the market: Google. The arrangement set a minimum value for Nortel's intellectual property on the open market, and ...

Apple TV prototype sold on eBay

by Michael Grothaus (May 20th, 2011)

A prototype of the original Apple TV, or "iTV" as it was known when Jobs first unveiled it in 2006, has been sold on eBay for a Buy It Now price of US$350. As you can see from the image above, the prototype unit has an Apple Development Team barcode and a sticker that marks the unit as a "DVT" ...

iPad 2s selling for silly money...

by Chris Ward (Mar 13th, 2011)

It's not just Apple that's making a fortune from sales of the new iPad 2 -- some regular punters are raking in the dollars, too. College student Amanda Foote queued for nearly 41 hours for the iPad 2 release at Apple's flagship store in New York, had a stranger eat her doughnuts and slept ...

Rare official Apple playing cards up for auction on eBay

by David Quilty (Feb 21st, 2011)

If your Apple collectibles case has an empty slot in it for something new, you may just want to check out these very rare Apple Computer Playing Cards up for auction on eBay. Brought to our attention by MacStories, this official Apple-branded set of OS 7 icon playing cards was purchased at an Apple ...