Update: The Webcam Coffee Pot's In German HandsUpdate: The Webcam Coffee Pot's In German Hands

The Internet's first Webcam star is sold.

information Staff, Contributor

August 14, 2001

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The Trojan Room coffee pot--the enduring subject of the world's first Webcam--has been bought at auction by editors at the German publication Spiegel Online. The (inoperative) caffeine-injection system went for about $4,800. It will be displayed in Spiegel's Hamburg offices and on its Web site.

Get background on the popular percolator at First Web Star Is For Sale.

What bits of Net history would you love to own? The Netscape fish tank? Mahir Cagri's Speedo? Pour yourself a fresh cup of joe and tell us about it at the Listening Post.

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