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Steve Wozniak’s Apple II Sketches Go for $US630,272 ($833,976) at Auction
How much would the first schematics of the printing press be worth today? What would you pay to own the original designs for the telephone? For some people, Steve Wozniak’s simple sketches for the Apple II hold a similar sort of historical significance as those hypothetical artifacts of tech history. And we now know that…
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Ebay Is Auctioning Off An Original Piece Of The Death Star
A piece of the Death Star. One of the greatest special effects accomplishments in Star Wars: A New Hope was the final Death Star run. For the shooting, sectional pieces of the Death Star were created to be shot from above, creating the stunning images of the space station’s bumpy, menacing exterior as the heroes…
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That Photo Of Einstein Sticking His Tongue Out Just Sold For A Bunch Of Money
The image of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out adorns the racks at gift stores everywhere. But now, one lucky patron of the arts finally owns one of the first prints of the physicist having a grand ol’ time — at an auction on July 27, the image sold for $US125,000 ($156,914). The buyer’s identity…
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A Piece Of The Famous Meteorite That Nailed A Person Has Just Been Sold
Image Courtesy of Christie’s The only thing worse than getting struck by lightning or a large, flying bird is getting struck by a meteorite. Thankfully, the chances of this happening to you are incredibly low — according to National Geographic, there is only one confirmed case of a meteorite striking a person. So perhaps it’s…