SEATTLE - — Christie’s and the estate of Paul G. Allen are selling off artifacts from Allen’s collection in the Living Computer Museum + Labs.
The Seattle museum closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and never re-opened.
Now, more than 150 items are going up for sale.
The ‘Gen One: Innovations from the Paul G. Allen Collection’ auction series runs from August 23 to September 12.
The series is divided into three auctions; the first two will take place online and the third will be held in person in New York:
Firsts: The History of Computing
*Paul Allen’s personal computer, estimated to sell between $30,000 and $50,000
*An Apple-1 computer, estimated to sell between $300,000 and $500,000
*A group of early Microsoft memos, estimated to sell between $1,000 and $1,500
Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection
*Buzz Aldrin’s NASA training flight suit, estimated to sell between $100,000 and $150,000
*A First-Class luncheon menu from the R.M.S Titanic, estimated to sell between $30,000 and $50,000
*A Pixar image computer, estimated to sell between $10,000 and $15,000
Over The Horizon: Arts of the Future
*A three-piece scale model of the Gemini capsule, estimated to sell between $8,000 and $12,000
*’The Baby Space Station’ by Chelsey Bonestell, estimated to sell between $20,000 and $30,000
*Archive of scientific drawings, schematics, and calculations from Wernher Von Braun, estimated to sell between $15,000 and $25,000
To view the full list of auction items, click here.
All proceeds from the auction series will go to philanthropic causes.
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