It's unlikely to reach the lofty heights of the Qianlong Chinese porcelain vase that was sold for £43m at auction recently, but an original Apple I should still fetch a pretty penny when it goes under the hammer later this month.

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The venerable auction house, Christie's, is to compete with eBay, iCollector.com, and Artnet.com with live auctions online.

The company is teaming up with an online bidding company to develop technology for real-time video and sound from...