GeekWire tried to win a piece of Microsoft and Paul Allen history at auction — here’s why we lost. by Kurt Schlosser on September 13, 2024 at 8:47 am September 13, 2024 at 10:57 am.

An Apple-1 from the desk of Steve Jobs will be auctioned as part of a broader sale from the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2024 ...

Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. The software company quickly expanded and grew enormous wealth, making Gates a billionaire at 31 years old.

You can now bid on historic computers owned by late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. The online auction of Allen’s collection starts Friday and lasts through Sept. 12.

Two of the leading items in Tuesday’s live auction of Paul Allen items included a 1976 Cray-1 supercomputer, left, and a 1939 letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Microsoft has come a long way since it was started by childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Allen stepped away from ...

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Paul Allen’s personal Compaq portable 286 microcomputer including a Microsoft mouse is among items included in the online sale, “Firsts: The History of Computing,” which opens Aug. 23.

While he was widely known as a co-founder of Microsoft, Allen spent much of his success on collecting items of historical significance — art, technology, pop culture, and more.

Key artifacts from Microsoft and Apple history to be sold by Christie’s from Paul Allen’s collection Auction of Paul Allen items, including vintage computers, Einstein letter and more, brings ...

Christie’s announced the items that will be auctioned in three sales from the Paul G. Allen Collection, including historic computers and artifacts from the late Microsoft co-founder’s former ...