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The Price Is Wrong
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What US price did Apple announce for the original 5 GB iPod in November 2001?
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- 1. What US price did Apple announce for the original 5 GB iPod in November 2001?
- A. US$499
- B. US$299
- C. US$349
- D. US$399 (answer)
Apple priced the original iPod at US$399, including headphones, cable and power adapter. - 2. What US price did Apple announce for the 4 GB iPhone in January 2007, with a two-year contract?
- A. US$599
- B. US$699
- C. US$499 (answer)
- D. US$399
The announced price was US$499 for 4 GB and US$599 for 8 GB, with a two-year contract. Later changes are not included. - 3. What US starting price was announced for the 16 GB Wi-Fi iPad in January 2010?
- A. US$699
- B. US$499 (answer)
- C. US$399
- D. US$599
The entry-level Wi-Fi iPad was announced at US$499. Higher storage and cellular models cost more. - 4. What US price was announced for the original full-size HomePod in January 2018?
- A. US$349 (answer)
- B. US$399
- C. US$449
- D. US$299
The original full-size HomePod was announced at US$349, not the price of the later mini. - 5. What US price was announced for first-generation AirPods in September 2016?
- A. US$199
- B. US$129
- C. US$149
- D. US$159 (answer)
Apple priced the original AirPods, including their charging case, at US$159. - 6. What sale result did Christie's report for Salvator Mundi in November 2017?
- A. US$400,312,500
- B. US$500,312,500
- C. US$450,312,500 (answer)
- D. US$350,312,500
Christie's reported US$450,312,500. This is the documented transaction, not a judgment on attribution or current value. - 7. What result did Christie's report for Beeple's EVERYDAYS NFT in March 2021?
- A. US$79,346,250
- B. US$69,346,250 (answer)
- C. US$49,346,250
- D. US$59,346,250
The lot record gives US$69,346,250 as the realised price for the digital work associated with its NFT. - 8. What result did Christie's report for Shot Sage Blue Marilyn in May 2022?
- A. US$195,040,000 (answer)
- B. US$215,040,000
- C. US$155,040,000
- D. US$175,040,000
The 1964 Andy Warhol portrait sold for a reported US$195,040,000. - 9. What sale price did Sotheby's report for the banana-and-duct-tape artwork Comedian in November 2024?
- A. US$9,240,000
- B. US$1,240,000
- C. US$3,240,000
- D. US$6,240,000 (answer)
The artwork sold for US$6.24 million. This was an art-market transaction, not an ordinary retail banana purchase. - 10. What result did Sotheby's report for a rare first printing of the final US Constitution text in November 2021?
- A. US$33,200,000
- B. US$53,200,000
- C. US$43,200,000 (answer)
- D. US$23,200,000
Sotheby's announced US$43.2 million after an approximately eight-minute bidding contest. - 11. What result did Christie's report for the T. rex skeleton STAN in October 2020?
- A. US$41,847,500
- B. US$31,847,500 (answer)
- C. US$11,847,500
- D. US$21,847,500
STAN was sold in the 20th Century Evening Sale for a reported US$31,847,500. - 12. What result did Christie's report for its Deinonychus skeleton in May 2022?
- A. US$12,412,500 (answer)
- B. US$16,412,500
- C. US$20,412,500
- D. US$8,412,500
The dinosaur skeleton nicknamed the Raptor sold for US$12,412,500 on 12 May 2022.
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