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Apple founder Steve Jobs.AP When a new iPhone comes out, Apple fans lineup to pay hundreds of dollars on the latest model. A first-generation iPhone from 2007 still in its original box is currently up for auction and could fetch upwards of $30,000. The unused 8GB iPhone originally cost $599 when it first hit the market. Apple’s newest phone, the iPhone 14, retails at $799 — but one of its very first models is going for far more than that. A first-generation iPhone from 2007 is currently on the… Source link

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Mike Evans gave away another milestone Tom Brady ball. Or so it appeared. The fan kept it this time and turned it into a small fortune just hours before Brady announced his surprise return to the NFL on Sunday. According to auctioneer Leland’s, the previously presumed final touchdown of Brady’s career sold for $518,628. Bidding for the ball started at $100,000 with the final price arriving after 23 bids early Sunday morning. [Join the Yahoo Fantasy Tourney Pick’Em $25K Best Bracket… Source link

The auction of Bill Russell memorabilia was a runaway success.  The 87-year-old civil rights icon and 11-time NBA champion auctioned over 400 items from his long and storied career at the TD Garden on Friday. When the auction closed and the dust settled, the total came to over $5 million. In fact, the top 18 items in the auction brought in over $5.3 million just on their own.  The biggest seller was the jersey Russell wore at Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. That… Source link

Hollywood is seeking a new revenue stream in the hot market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). With COVID-19 scaring away many moviegoers from theaters, and making blockbuster ticket sales harder to come by, a few entrepreneurs are getting more creative using blockchain technology. Enter a brand-new science-fiction movie starring Anthony Hopkins, which will be the first film to be auctioned off as an NFT. “Zero Contact” is being auctioned off by Vuele, an NFT film distribution platform that hopes… Source link

Monterey Car Week 2021 promises a return to multimillion dollar deals as auction houses like Mecum roll into town for the iconic Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Aug. 15.  “We’re all very excited to be going back to Monterey after having to take off last year, 2020, because of the pandemic and missing car week,” Mecum Auctions CEO Dave Magers told Yahoo Finance Live. Mecum Auctions is one of the world’s largest collector car auction companies and will have 600 vehicles crossing the auction… Source link

Google is ditching a massively unpopular auction format that underpins an choice screen it offers in the European Union, it said today. Eligible search providers will be able to freely participate. The auction model was Google’s ‘remedy’ of choice — following the 2018 EU $5BN antitrust enforcement against Android — but rivals have always maintained it’s anything but fair, as we’ve reported previously (here, here, here, for eg). The Android choice screen presents users in… Source link

TipRanks 3 Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Investing is all about profits, and part of generating profits is knowing when to start the game. The old adage says to buy low and sell high, and while it’s tempting just to discount cliches like that, they’ve passed into common currency because they embody a fundamental truth. Buying low is always a good start in building a portfolio. The trick, however, is recognizing the right stocks to buy low. Prices fall for a… Source link

TIME Magazine plans to lean into surging demand for digital currency and art, currently two of the hottest trends in the global economy.  As cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) continue to explode in interest and value, TIME has designed its first-ever cover exclusively as an NFT, featuring the bold title “Is Fiat Dead?” It’s a nod to one of its most iconic cover designs from the April 8, 1966 “Is God Dead?” and April 3, 2017 “Is Truth Dead?” editions — and an acknowledgement… Source link

TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Could Reach New Highs Every investor knows that you can’t look to a stock’s past performance as predictor of future gains. It’s become axiom, even, one of the stock phrases that we all learn about in Econ 101: ‘Past performance does not guarantee future returns’ is common formulation. But that simple phrase, while true, raises a tough question: How should an investor judge a stock? The truth is, past is prologue, not prophet, and investors can… Source link