12.12.2013 12:50 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Who bought the red Mac Pro and gold EarPods from Jony Ive's auction? 'Father of the iPod' Tony Fadell, apparently

Apple's design guru Jony Ive watched his customised Rose Gold Earpods, Red Mac Pro, one-off Leica camera and more raise millions for the (RED) campaign for the Global Fund to fight against AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria, but who were the highest bidders? Before now, we were in the dark about who took home the items sold at the auction in November, but it now appears that Tony Fadell, the former Apple executive now know as the 'father of the iPod', is the mystery buyer who paid $977,000 (£602,529) for the red Mac Pro and $461,000 (£284,000) for the soid gold Apple EarPods. On 23 November, a total of 44 items went under the hammer in a special auction curated by Ive and fellow designer Marc Newson at New York's Sotheby's auction house. In total, the 44 items sold f

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