Mike Hanlon

1 month ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

The world’s first typewriter goes to auction in Köln (Germany) on 22 March 2025. Just 35 Malling Hansen Writing Balls remain, 30 are in museums and the battle for one of the few remaining specimens will be worth watching because as the supply diminishes the price goes up. Though the Sholes & Gliddon (Remington No.1) became the Model T of the typewriter age, there was one notable example of prior art which began manufacture on a very humble, "hand made" scale in Germany.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Mike Hanlon

12 hours agoStreets of Rage 4 devs channel Golden Axe, D&D in new beat-’em-up AbsolumAfter their success delivering one of the best beat-’em-ups of the past decade with Streets of Rage 4, developer Guard Crush Games is working on something original. The studio announced its new game Absolum, which Guard Crush and co-developer Supamonks describe as an “action-RPG ‘rogue-’em-up’” that …13 hours agoKnights in Tight Spaces reviewNeed to Know What is it?

1 month ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

Auction prices for original Apple iPhones have been surging since 2022 and the next big auction prize fight is set for 20 March, 2025 where we expect the US$190,000 record iPhone price to be challenged yet again. Here's whyThe original 2007 Apple iPhone kickstarted the smartphone market, catalyzing the fastest adoption of any product in history. In 2024, 1.24 billion smartphones were shipped, and the world just passed 5 billion users, meaning two out of three humans now carry a smartphone.

2 months ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon

There are hundreds of automotive concours d'elegance held globally each year, where the most beautiful and important and storied cars in history are honored and celebrated by an ever-growing public fascinated with the way we once travelled. Across the century of the automobile, several of these beauty contests have risen to the fore internationally. A "Best of Show" award at such an event is considered by many custodians of the recipient cars to be one of their lifetime achievements.

2 months ago | newatlas.com | Mike Hanlon |RM Sotheby’s

In the last few days, two of the six most expensive cars in history have sold at auction. One for US$54 million in Germany, the other for $36 million in Paris. We're guessing that with financial storm clouds looming, the world's most astute money managers are seeking a proven economic hedge.