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GeekWire tried to win a piece of Microsoft and Paul Allen history at auction — here’s why we lost

There’s probably a magazine article out there somewhere about how to successfully bid on something at auction and come away… Read More

Auction of Paul Allen items, including vintage computers, Einstein letter and more, brings in $10M

Rare computing artifacts, space-related objects, documents, letters and more from the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen reeled… Read More

Computer shoes, Pac-Man, a rock from space and more gems in the upcoming Paul Allen auction

Imagine playing a vintage Pac-Man arcade game while wearing Puma’s RS-Computer sneakers and pondering what to order for lunch off… Read More

Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items

Living Computers Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase… Read More

Paul Allen’s private art collection fetches more than $1.5B in record-setting auction

The sale of the private art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shattered auction records on Wednesday night,… Read More

Paul Allen’s $1B private art collection to be auctioned by Christie’s in ‘unprecedented’ sale

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s extensive private collection of art, valued at more than $1 billion, will be sold by Christie’s… Read More

Former Seattle Sounders star Brad Evans has a new goal – to help charities with online auction startup

Brad Evans, the onetime Seattle Sounders FC star, said he never experienced any nerves in his years playing professional soccer.… Read More

Check out Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight manual before its multimillion-dollar sale

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book that sat between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for the moon landing 50… Read More

12-pound lunar meteorite known as ‘The Moon Puzzle’ sells at auction for over $600K

A lunar meteorite discovered in a Northwest African desert in 2017 has sold at auction for $612,500, Boston-based RR Auction… Read More

Get a piece of the rock: Large lunar meteorite known as ‘The Moon Puzzle’ to go up for auction

Anyone interested in meteorite science is going to be over the moon when it comes to an item being presented… Read More

Rare Apple 1 headed to auction and Seattle’s Living Computers experts weigh in on piece of tech history

A rare piece of computer history is headed to auction next month in Boston, shedding light yet again on the… Read More

Seattle bans rent bidding in latest attempt to keep disruptive tech from compounding housing crisis

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on sites that allow prospective tenants to bid on rental homes… Read More

Fascinating Jobs application: Apple co-founder listed ‘tech, design’ as skills in 1973 hunt for work

Three years before he co-founded Apple, Steve Jobs filled out a job application at Reed College in Portland in which… Read More

This was the droid someone was looking for: Star Wars R2-D2 unit sells for $2.76M at auction

Step aside, C-3PO. This little guy over here is the droid someone was looking for — and willing to pay… Read More

Vintage Kurt Cobain guitar being offered on eBay; Portland charity to receive a portion of the sale

Nirvana fans feeling particularly nostalgic about the upcoming 50th birthday of the band’s late frontman Kurt Cobain can try to… Read More

Paul Allen rumored to be seller of 1963 jet painting that could fetch $35 million

A painting that looks like it would be right at home in Jet City is ready for takeoff — and… Read More

Star Wars toy auction features ‘Holy Grail’ pieces in collection valued at more than $500,000

Over time you’ve probably come to realize that giving away your collection of original Star Wars toys, or letting the… Read More

Christie’s auctioning rare Apple-1 computer, hasn’t been turned on in a decade

The Apple-1 computer was the device that kicked off our personal computing revolution, and now you can own one, complete… Read More

Wireless auction heats up as bidding exceeds $37 billion

Wireless carriers looking for additional capacity to build out high-speed 4G networks have placed bids exceeding $37 billion in a government auction selling… Read More

T-Mobile seeks to raise debt for upcoming fall wireless auction

T-Mobile said today it will need to raise more debt if it wants to participate in a crucial upcoming wireless auction. “We intend… Read More

Want to own sandwich.com? Yahoo has an auction for you

As a part of doing business on the Internet, Yahoo picked up a bunch of domains. They were holding onto… Read More