Hacker News with Generative AI: Auctions

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

6 points by anigbrowl 7 hours ago | 3 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 4 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 13 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 51 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 55 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 57 days ago | 0 comments

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

Architecture, Auctions

27 points by pseudolus 87 days ago | 2 comments

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

IBM, Auctions, Vintage Computing, Technology, History

16 points by zitterbewegung 91 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 91 days ago | 0 comments

The Living Computer Museum auction listing (christies.com)