Vintage Apple-1 computer signed by Apple’s co-founder, Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak, estimated at $200,000+. Image courtesy of RR Auctions

Vintage computer that helped launch the Apple empire offered at auction

Vintage Apple-1 computer signed by Apple’s co-founder, Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak, estimated at $200,000+. Image courtesy of RR Auctions

Vintage Apple-1 computer signed by Apple’s co-founder, Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak, estimated at $200,000+. Image courtesy of RR Auctions

BOSTON (AP) – A vintage Apple computer signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak is being sold at auction. The Apple-1 set in motion the company that in June became the first publicly traded business to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value, according to RR Auction in Boston. The computer has been restored to a fully operational state and comes with a custom-built case with a built-in keyboard.

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Detail of a near-complete sheet of Gen. Kim II Sung 50ch stamps that sold for £27,500 (roughly $34,900) on July 19 in London. Image courtesy of Chiswick Auctions

Block of early North Korean stamps triumphed at Chiswick

 

A near complete sheet of Gen. Kim II Sung 50ch stamps sold for £27,500 (roughly $34,900) on July 19 in London. Image courtesy of Chiswick Auctions

A near-complete sheet of Gen. Kim II Sung 50ch stamps sold for £27,500 (roughly $34,900) on July 19 in London. Image courtesy of Chiswick Auctions

LONDON – A block of one of the first stamps issued in North Korea sold for £27,500, or about $34,900, at Chiswick Auctions on July 19. The near-mint sheet of 104 copies of the 1946 Gen. Kim II Sung 50ch was part of the second tranche of a remarkable postal history collection assembled by John Newell, who is described as being ‘a former British journalist and presumed diplomat’ during the Cold War era.

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The combat boots and dog tags (not shown) Alan Alda wore while playing Hawkeye Pierce during the 11-season run of the television show ‘MASH’ sold for $125,000 on July 28. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Boots, dog tags Alan Alda wore on M*A*S*H raise $125K for charity

The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing Hawkeye Pierce during the 11-season run of the television show ‘MASH’ sold for $125,000 on July 28. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing Hawkeye Pierce during the 11-season run of the television show ‘M-A-S-H’ sold for $125,000 on July 28. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS (AP) – The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series M-A-S-H sold at auction July 28 for $125,000.

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This Olympic torch, which was carried on a 4,350-mile odyssey from Olympia, Greece to Grenoble, France for the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, sold for $187,500 on July 20. Image courtesy of RR Auction

Torch from 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics commands six-figure price at auction

This Olympic torch, which was carried on a 4,350-mile odyssey from Olympia, Greece to Grenoble, France for the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, sold for $187,500 on July 20. Image courtesy of RR Auction

This Olympic torch, which was carried on a 4,350-mile journey from Olympia, Greece to Grenoble, France for the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, sold for $187,500 on July 20. Image courtesy of RR Auction

BOSTON, Mass. – A torch from the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics sold for $187,500 at RR Auction on July 20.

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Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), ‘Beanie,’ 1954. Advertising illustrations for the Kellogg Company. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, gift of the Kellogg Company, NRM.1993.01

Rockwell exhibition embodies The Business of Illustrating the American Dream

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), ‘Beanie,’ 1954. Advertising illustrations for the Kellogg Company. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, gift of the Kellogg Company, NRM.1993.01

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), ‘Beanie,’ 1954. Advertising illustrations for the Kellogg Company. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, gift of the Kellogg Company, NRM.1993.01. Image courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Norman Rockwell Museum is now displaying an exhibition exploring the business and cultural context of Rockwell’s art. Norman Rockwell: The Business of Illustrating the American Dream examines how Rockwell navigated relationships with publishers, advertising clients and other business entities to create work that shaped and reflected American culture and influenced notions of the American Dream. Based on extensive research in the Norman Rockwell Museum archives by guest curator Deborah Hoover, the exhibition shines new light on the interplay of artistry, advertising, consumerism, business relationships and ambitious cultural, consumer and capitalist agendas that informed Rockwell’s work. The show will close at the end of October on an as-yet unspecified date.

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A factory-sealed original 2007 iPhone with 4GB of memory achieved $190,373 and a new world auction record for any iPhone on July 16. Image courtesy of LCG Auctions

Factory-sealed iPhone 4GB from 2007 rings up record $190K at auction

A factory-sealed original 2007 iPhone with 4GB of memory achieved $190,373 and a new world auction record for any iPhone on July 16. Image courtesy of LCG Auctions

A factory-sealed original 2007 iPhone with 4GB of memory achieved $190,373 and a new world auction record for any iPhone on July 16. Image courtesy of LCG Auctions

BATON ROUGE, La. – A new world auction record was marked on July 16 by a factory-sealed 4GB original 2007 iPhone that achieved $190,373. Offered in the 2023 LCG Summer Premier Auction held by LCG Auctions, the final sale price represents the highest price ever paid at auction for any iPhone – 300% more than the previous record set in February when the auction house sold an 8GB version of the original iPhone for $63,356.

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Detail from a lot of 61 mint sheets of North Korean stamps issued between 1948-1950 to mark the anniversary of its liberation from Japan, estimated at £5,000-£8,000 ($6,500-$10,400). Image courtesy of Chiswick Auctions

Part II of extraordinary postal history collection slated for July 19 auction

Detail from a lot of 61 mint sheets of North Korean stamps issued between 1948-1950 to mark the anniversary of its liberation from Japan, estimated at £5,000-£8,000 ($6,500-$10,400). Image courtesy of Chiswick Auctions

Detail from a lot of 61 mint sheets of North Korean stamps issued between 1948-1950 to mark the anniversary of its liberation from Japan, estimated at £5,000-£8,000 ($6,500-$10,400). Image courtesy of Chiswick Auctions

LONDON – The second offering from a remarkable postal history collection assembled by John Newell, described as “a former British journalist and presumed diplomat” who gained access to some of the world’s most secretive countries during the Cold War era, appears at Chiswick Auctions on Wednesday, July 19.

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A copy of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,’ the British first edition of the first Harry Potter book, sold for a hammer price of £10,500 (about $13,500) at auction in Lichfield, England on July 10. Image courtesy of Richard Winterton Auctioneers and Antiques Trade Gazette

Harry Potter UK first edition, bought for 38 cents, sells for astonishing price

A copy of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,’ the British first edition of the first Harry Potter book, sold for a hammer price of £10,500 (about $13,500) at auction in Lichfield, England on July 10. Image courtesy of Richard Winterton Auctioneers and Antiques Trade Gazette

A copy of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,’ the British first edition of the first Harry Potter book, sold for a hammer price of £10,500 (about $13,500) at auction in Lichfield, England on July 10. Image courtesy of Richard Winterton Auctioneers and Antiques Trade Gazette

LICHFIELD, U.K. – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the British first edition of the first Harry Potter book, has become a Holy Grail for collectors of a certain age. On Monday, July 10 – mere weeks before the fictional boy wizard marks his July 31 birthday, which he shares with author J.K. Rowling – the rare book performed magic again, this time at auction in England. An ex-library copy purchased for the equivalent of 38 cents sold for a hammer price of around $13,500. An American bidder participating via thesaleroom.com came away victorious.

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The combat boots and dog tags (not shown) Alan Alda wore when portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the legendary war sitcom ‘M-A-S-H’ will be auctioned July 28 to raise money for Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Auction of Alan Alda’s long-held M*A*S*H boots and dog tags to benefit nonprofit

The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore when portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the legendary war sitcom ‘M-A-S-H’ will be auctioned July 28 to raise money for Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore when portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the long-running television series ‘M-A-S-H’ will be auctioned July 28 to raise money for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS (AP) – The combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore to portray the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series M-A-S-H meant so much to him that when the show ended 40 years ago, he kept them. But he`s now ready to let the pieces go, in service of another passion: his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better. Heritage Auctions is offering up the worn boots and military identification tags on July 28 in Dallas.

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