During the recently held auction Sotheby’s sold for a record $ 977 thousand was sold Mac Pro in a red color options.
It should be noted that the special red version of the new Mac Pro, which should go on sale until next month, was created as senior vice president of Apple’s design and Jonathan Ayvom famous industrial designer Marc Newson, in cooperation with the charitable foundation RED, based vocalist famous band U2 Bono. The Foundation raises funds to fight diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Expected prior to the auction that the red Mac Pro will be sold no more than $ 60 thousand, which is 15 times more than expected retail price of conventional Mac Pro in the United States.
In addition, the auction were also sold other products created by designers. In particular, the camera Leica M, which was reported in early October , was sold for $ 1.8 million, gold headphones Apple EarPods for $ 461 thousand and aluminum table for $ 1.7 million
It is worth noting, for the last seven years, Apple has brought the fund RED $ 68 million more
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