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Rare Apple 1 Leads German Sale

Back in June, an Apple 1, one of only six known working examples of the first effort by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, sold at auction in New York for $374,500. Auction Team Breker, based in Koeln, Germany, has located another, which they will offer at a sale of Technical Antiques & Fine Toys on November 24th. The computer, estimated at $156,000-$260,000, is just one of many remarkable scientific devices at the auction, which also features a number of  iconic inventions, including the first patented copying press, the first serially produced adding machine, a 1943 Enigma coding machine, and an 1892 prototype phonograph by Swiss film maker and inventor Casimir Sivan.

Judson Ball Native American Collection At Bonhams

Over several decades Judson C. Ball and his wife assembled a distinguished collection of Native American art, concentrating on three areas: kachina dolls, Southwest baskets and weavings, and New Mexican religious art. Bonhams will offer the collection in New York on May 14^th, when the featured item will be a red and blue Navajo double saddle/child’s blanket estimated at $50,000-$70,000.

$500,000 Barbie At Christie’s

How can a Barbie Doll possibly be worth a half-million dollars? This one sports a 1-carat pink diamond, surrounded by smaller diamonds weighing another two carats. It will be offered October 20 at Christie’s, New York, where it has a pre-sale estimate of $300-$500,000.

Update: The Barbie sold for $302,500 to an Asian collector.