Hacker News with Generative AI: Auctions

Anatomy of a $70M Auction Flop (nytimes.com)
Alberto Giacometti’s “Grande tête mince (Grande tête de Diego)” failed to sell at Sotheby’s Tuesday evening, despite an estimate over $70 million.

Art, Auctions, Finance

26 points by prismatic 24 days ago | 38 comments

Sotheby's – Modern Evening Auction – Tue May 13 25 [video] (youtube.com)

Art, Auctions, Sotheby's

4 points by handfuloflight 25 days ago | 0 comments

Jewels linked to Buddha remains go to auction, sparking ethical debate (bbc.com)
On Wednesday, a cache of dazzling jewels linked to the Buddha's mortal remains, which have been hailed as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.

Archaeology, Buddhism, Auctions, Ethics

19 points by akbarnama 35 days ago | 7 comments

Beating the Crowd (withentropy.com)
Suppose you are participating in an auction for a box. Nobody knows exactly what is in the box, but they are bidding on it for various reasons; some think they can make money, some might have sentimental reasons, and others might just be having fun. You yourself are trying to make money. You asked around a bit, did some research, and think that you have a good estimate for the value of the box.

Game Theory, Auctions, Decision Making

57 points by alpark3 41 days ago | 11 comments

FSF Holds Live Auction of 'Historically Important' Free Software Memorabilia (slashdot.org)

Free Software, Auctions, History

7 points by MilnerRoute 76 days ago | 1 comments

Magnus is auctioning his Jeans (ebay.com)
Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen's #JeansGate Jeans

Chess, Auctions, Celebrities

16 points by amrrs 106 days ago | 4 comments

Alan Turing's "Delilah" project (ieee.org)
A collection of documents was recently sold at auction for almost half a million dollars. The documents detail a top-secret voice-encryption project led by Alan Turing, culminating in the creation of the Delilah machine.

Cryptography, History, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Auctions

208 points by pseudolus 123 days ago | 25 comments

Bob Dylan's drafts for Mr Tambourine Man sell for more than £400k (theguardian.com)
Bob Dylan’s typewritten drafts for his 1965 song Mr Tambourine Man sold for more than £400,000 at auction on Saturday.

Music, Auctions, Bob Dylan

5 points by bookofjoe 139 days ago | 0 comments

Duct-taped banana artwork sells for $6.2M in NYC (bbc.com)
Maurizio Cattelan's provocative artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has fetched $6.2m (£4.9m) at Sotheby's in New York - four times higher than pre-sale estimates.

Art, Auctions, Contemporary Art, New York

7 points by trott 198 days ago | 0 comments

Banana-as-art sells for $6.2M at Sotheby's (nytimes.com)
A banana that for years has stirred controversy in the art world sold for $6.2 million with fees at Sotheby’s contemporary art auction on Wednesday night. It became what is arguably the most expensive fruit in the world — though it will likely be tossed in a couple days.

Art, Contemporary Art, Auctions

7 points by anigbrowl 199 days ago | 4 comments

Onion CEO: We won InfoWars auction, can't wait to relaunch, fun still to come (bsky.app)

News Media, Satire, Business, Auctions

9 points by MilnerRoute 202 days ago | 1 comments

Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1M (nytimes.com)
A portrait of the British mathematician Alan Turing sold at auction for nearly $1.1 million on Thursday, a surprisingly large sum for a painting whose creator wasn’t an artist in the traditional sense, but rather a humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence, Art, Robotics, Auctions

17 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 211 days ago | 6 comments

The Plan to Save Frank Lloyd Wright's Only Skyscraper Isn't Going as Planned (nytimes.com)
Less than two years ago, the building was thought to have been rescued from financial woes. Now the new owners have it on the auction block and some Wright-designed furnishings have already been sold.

Architecture, Real Estate, History, Auctions

34 points by tintinnabula 249 days ago | 52 comments

Ask HN: What would you do with a 130 ton locomotive? (ycombinator.com)
Caltrain (rail service provider for the San Francisco Peninsula) is selling their old 135 ton gasoline locomotives: https://www.caltrainstore.com/special-items/p/caltrain-emd-f40ph-2-locomotive-used<p>According to the website, the engine is disabled and you have to pick them up yourself.

Transportation, Locomotives, Auctions, Engineering, California

25 points by electricant 253 days ago | 47 comments

Rarest Pokemon card sold for $360k at Sotheby's (kyodonews.net)
One of the rarest and most highly coveted Pokemon cards in the world fetched $360,000 at a Sotheby's auction Tuesday in New York.

Pokémon, Auctions, Collectibles

3 points by anigbrowl 255 days ago | 0 comments

Frank Lloyd Wright's Only Skyscraper Is Heading to Auction (smithsonianmag.com)

Architecture, Auctions

27 points by pseudolus 285 days ago | 2 comments

IBM 7090 Mainframe Computer in auction by Christies (christies.com)

IBM, Auctions, Vintage Computing, Technology, History

16 points by zitterbewegung 289 days ago | 1 comments

Steve Jobs' Apple-1 set to create a 'perfect storm' at auction (newatlas.com)

Apple, Auctions, Technology, History

8 points by peutetre 290 days ago | 0 comments

The Living Computer Museum auction listing (christies.com)