It’s not every day that we see museums fighting over a 38-year-old object. But this is exactly what happened when a rare functional Apple-1 computer was sold at a Bonhams History of Science auction in New York City. The Henry Ford bought the computer for $905,000, more than double of what the organizers were expecting. The second most expensive functional Apple-1 ever sold was bought in May 2013 … [Read more...]
Pope’s Harley Davidson Auctioned Off For $284,000
What does Pope Francis do with the spanking new 2013 Harley-Davidson FXDC Dyna Super Glide that the legendary bike maker gifted him to celebrate the US company’s 110th birthday? He sells it off of course. The 1,585 cc bike recently went under the hammer where it fetched a whopping 210,000 euros. This translates to about $284,000 which is 20 times more than the bike’s estimated value. The other … [Read more...]