Neowin News Feed for: Auction

These rare Apple artifacts sold for over $8.1 million in latest auction

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 07:16:01 +0000

A collection of Apple memorabilia was recently auctioned and raised over $8.1 million, including the "Celebration" Board #0 from the Apple-1 era. Read more...

The top bid for the GameStop stapler auction is now $250,000

Usama Jawad — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 11:08:01 +0000

The infamous stapler and associated items from the StaplerGate controversy now have a top bid of $250,000 in the ongoing eBay auction. Read more...

GameStop is selling infamous Nintendo Switch 2 stapler in crazy auction, now at $17,000

Usama Jawad — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:50:01 +0000

GameStop has decided to sell the infamous stapler and other associated items with the Switch 2 launch day incident. The items are currently going for almost $17,000. Read more...

An old Apple check signed by Steve Jobs has been sold for $46,000

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 17:10:01 +0000

A check that dates back over four decades was sold in an auction for over $46,000. The check was signed by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in the year 1976 and payable to Radio Shack. Read more...

Hard to find 4GB original Apple iPhone is up for auction, expected to sell for $100,000

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:20:01 +0000

Another sealed OG iPhone is going up for sale 16 years after the official launch. This time, it's a rare 4GB model that Apple discontinued just a few months after its launch in June 2007. Read more...

Nothing Phone (1): People are willing to pay a huge price to become one of the first buyers

Rahul Naskar — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:46:02 +0000

The auction for the much-awaited Nothing Phone (1) has begun. And people are ready to pay huge to become one of the first 100 buyers of the handset. The bidding process will continue till Thursday. Read more...

Vodafone to sell NFT of world's first text message to raise money for charity

Paul Hill — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:52:01 +0000

Vodafone is planning to auction off an NFT of the world's first text message that was sent over its network in December 1992. The contents of the message simply read "Merry Christmas". Read more...

Google is doing away with the second-price auctioning mechanism on AdSense

Usama Jawad — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 06:32:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is simplifying its ad space auctioning mechanism and shifting it to a first-price auctioning system to align it with other platforms such as Ad Manager and AdMob. Read more...

A sealed 1987 NES copy of The Legend of Zelda has sold for $870,000

Usama Jawad — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:50:01 +0000

Following the auctioning of a sealed Super Mario Bros. NES copy for $660,000 back in April, a 1987 copy of The Legend of Zelda has now sold for $870,000, making it the most expensive game sold ever. Read more...

Super Mario Bros. is now the most expensive game ever sold at a whopping $660,000

Usama Jawad — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:22:01 +0000

A sealed 1985 copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES has sold for a massive $660,000, becoming the most expensive game ever auctioned, beating the previous record by over half a million dollars. Read more...

You can now (try to) buy the Nintendo PlayStation prototype

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:24:01 +0000

The only known working prototype of the console that was in development by Nintendo and Sony has gone up for auction online. To own this piece of gaming history, you'll need to pay at least $33,000. Read more...

An artist is selling a laptop containing six of the world's most dangerous malware

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sun, 26 May 2019 02:12:02 +0000

A piece of art called ‘The Persistence of Chaos' is being auctioned off by a contemporary artist in New York. The artwork is a laptop containing some of the most destructive viruses in existence. Read more...

O2, EE, and Vodafone do well in Ofcom's 5G spectrum auction, Three not so much

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Ofcom has finally concluded its 5G spectrum auction, announcing which companies have won what. O2, Vodafone, and EE have all come out of it pretty well while Three failed to make big gains. Read more...

Intel is auctioning a VIP CES 2018 experience

Gabriel Nunes — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:00:01 +0000

Intel announced today the auctioning of an all-included VIP experience for CES 2018. It is a fundraising effort to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Read more...

Vertu auctioning off 105 devices from its museum dating back to 2002

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:10:01 +0000

If a gold plated or genuine leather iPhone or Galaxy S8 device cover doesn't suit your exquisite tastes; then an upcoming auction for 105 older Vertu devices might get you excited. Read more...

A sealed copy of rare NES game Stadium Events sells for $41,977

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:12:01 +0000

After the winning bidder of an eBay auction of Stadium Events did not pay, the owner of a sealed copy of one of the rarest games ever released for the NES sold it to a private collector. Read more...

Unknown bidder buys $1.6M in Bitcoin auction held by US Government

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:56:01 +0000

An anonymous bidder has won over 2,700 bitcoins acquired by the US Government from various investigations including the famous Ross Ulbricht case. The winner could out themselves or stay anonymous. Read more...

Yahoo auctions off 3,000 of its patents as part of its sales deal

Justin Luna — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:22:01 +0000

Yahoo has put 3,000 patents up for auction as a part of its plans to sell its core web search and advertising businesses. The patents are expected to fetch more than $1 billion. Read more...

24,518 confiscated Bitcoins in Australia will be auctioned off in June

Jack Wilkinson — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:00:01 +0000

24,518 Bitcoins that were confiscated by police in Australia will be auctioned off. The coins will be offered in blocks of 2,000, to prevent the market being affected negatively by the auction. Read more...

PS4s with Silent Hills P.T pre-installed are being sold for up to $4800 online

Usama Jawad — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:56:01 +0000

After Konami recently announced the cancellation of its much-anticipated horror game, Silent Hills, PlayStation 4 consoles with the game's demo pre-installed are now selling for eye-watering amounts. Read more...

RadioShack plans to auction off your personal data as part of their bankruptcy

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:48:01 +0000

If you've previously shopped at RadioShack and have forked over personal information, your data could soon be on the auction block and available to the highest bidder. Read more...

Antique Apple-1 computer sold today for $365,000

Daniel Moxon — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:10:01 +0000

A vintage Apple-1 computer sold today for a whopping $365,000, despite failing to meet the pre-auction estimate. This comes two months after another original Apple-1 sold for nearly a million dollars. Read more...

World's largest video game collection is up for sale again

Shreyas Gandhe — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 16:12:01 +0000

The world's largest video game collection has been put on sale yet again by its owner, Michael Thomasson, after a failed attempt to sell it off for over $750K earlier in the year. Read more...

holiday.com domain name expected to fetch $35m at auction

Andy Weir — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:27:45 +0000

A domain name being sold at auction in London later this year is expected to sell for around $35 million, which would make it one of the most expensive domain names ever to be purchased. Read more...

World's largest video game collection sold for a staggering $750,250

Andy Weir — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:28:39 +0000

The world's largest video game collection - verified by Guinness World Records, and including over 11,000 games from dozens of systems and consoles - has been sold at auction for a massive $750,250. Read more...

US to auction Bitcoins seized from the Silk Road on June 27th

James Walker — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:05:35 +0000

The US is going to sell its hoard of nearly 30,000 Bitcoins accumulated from the FBI's closure of the Silk Road last year in blocks of 3,000 BTC in an online public auction on June 27th. Read more...

World's largest video game collection goes up for auction

Andy Weir — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:37:43 +0000

The world's largest video game collection - verified by Guinness World Records, and including over 11,000 games - is up for auction, but you'll need some deep pockets to buy it... and a lot of space. Read more...

"Super-rare" NES game from 1990 up for auction; bids now over $40,000

Andy Weir — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 06:00:00 +0000

An extremely rare copy of 'Nintendo World Championships' for the NES, one of just 116 ever created, is up for auction and, despite not being in the best condition, bids are climbing rapidly. Read more...

Acer to hold charity auction for limited edition Star Trek Aspire R7 PC

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:07:30 +0000

Acer will hold an online auction on eBay starting June 14 for people to bid on a limited edition Star Trek Aspire R7 Windows 8 PC for charity. Only 25 of these versions of the PC were made. Read more...

Who ever said Apple products are overpriced? Apple 1 sells for $650,000

Ben Buffone — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:19:34 +0000

An Apple 1, sold by German auction house Breker on Saturday, has fetched over double its estimated price - $650,000. The unit is likely one of the first 50 produced by Jobs and Wozniak. Read more...

Auction for coffee with Tim Cook ends with $610,000 bid

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:40 +0000

A charity auction involving Apple's CEO has ended with a winning bid of over $600,000. The winner will receive a one hour coffee break with one of the most influential people in tech, Tim Cook. Read more...

Rare Working Apple-1 up for auction at $260-$400k

Ben Buffone — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:19:18 +0000

One of an estimated six Apple-1 computers in working order will soon go on sale. The machine is estimated to fetch between $261,000 and $392,000 through German auctioneer Breker. Read more...

4G UK: Auction winners revealed; more carriers to roll out 4G this year

Andy Weir — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:20:30 +0000

The UK's telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has announced that five companies have successfully bid for 4G spectrum, in an auction that raised just £2.34bn - far less than had been expected. Read more...

Apple's founding papers sell at auction for $1.35 million

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:18:03 +0000

The papers that officially launched Apple on April 1, 1976, signed by its co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, were sold at auction today for a whopping $1.35 million. Read more...

EU Court: eBay needs to take more responsibility

Stefano Elia — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:21:39 +0000

The European Court of Justice, the highest judiciary court in the European Union, has ruled that the auctioning site eBay has to take more responsibility for what is sold on its site. The court suggested... Read more...

Prototype iPhone 4 skyrockets to $999,999 on eBay [Update]

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:38:19 +0000

An iPhone 4 prototype has climbed to a massive $999,999 on eBay in the space of two days as rich buyers (perhaps companies? Apple? fake bids?) attempt to outbid each other to gain access to... Read more...

Original Apple 1 up for auction, expected to fetch £100,000+

Christopher White — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:59:16 +0000

Do you want to own a piece of computer history? Do you have lots of extra money lying around? If so, Christie’s has an auction for you! Up for auction is an original Apple... Read more...

eBay tightens rules around unpaid item disputes

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:48:20 +0000

EBay has announced changes to the unpaid item dispute process; a move aimed at curbing the friction that can occur between buyers and sellers when something goes wrong at the auction site. The announcements specifically... Read more...

Bidding reaches $18.55 Billion in U.S. Wireless Auction

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:29:22 +0000

Bidding has reached $18.55 billion in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's record-setting auction of government-owned wireless airwaves, covering five separate blocks of spectrum in the auction. The FCC is keeping bidders' identities secret until the... Read more...

Wireless Auction Opens with $2.4 Billion in Top Bids

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:41:17 +0000

Top bidders put up a total of more than $2.4 billion on Thursday in the opening round of the Federal Communications Commission's auction of coveted U.S. government-owned airwaves. The figure represents the highest bids received... Read more...