Collectibles Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Bell & Howell MICRO Computer Apple II Plus found on Ebay

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 13th, 2012)

Here is an auction, spotted by Steve Troughton-Smith, that you don't see very often. Seller christique1 is auctioning off an Apple II Plus that was built specifically for Bell & Howell and sold to educational markets. Internally, the unit resembles a standard, beige Apple II Plus, but it's ...

WowWee's AR gaming toys for iOS look like fun

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 16th, 2011)

WowWee is beginning to see the value in connected toys that work with the iPhone and iPad. The toy maker is working on a line of toys that include an iOS app and a collectable that interacts the phone or tablet. One game is a zombie invasion that has four collectibles to go along with an iPad ...

Inside the Apple t-shirt collector world

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 12th, 2011)

The Wall Street Journal has a short but interesting piece on the world of Apple t-shirt collecting. There are two types of Apple t-shirts. The first are those shirts that the general public have access to via giveaways at Apple retail stores, such as the t-shirts at an opening of a new Apple ...

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 ...

Apple gives Vancouver Olympic visitors a rare treasure

by Steven Sande (Feb 27th, 2010)

For some fans of the Olympic Winter Games, it's all about the beauty and grace of figure skating. For others, it's the organized chaos of short-track speed skating, or the aerial bravado of the half-pipe. And for some, it has nothing to do with the sports of winter. Instead, they're intent on pin ...