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25 April 2024

Pope's iPad fetches $30,500 at auction

An iPad that belonged to Pope Francis in Montevideo. (AFP)

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By AFP

An iPad that belonged to Argentina-born Pope Francis went under the hammer for $30,500 on Tuesday, auctioneers in Uruguay said.
 
Montevideo-based auction house Castells said the winning bid was placed by telephone.
 
Local media threw a spotlight on the iPad last year.
 
The pope gave it - complete with its His Holiness Francis label and a Vatican certificate of authenticity - to an Uruguayan priest as a gift.
 
It ended up being donated to a local school by the priest, before being auctioned off to raise money.