Pope’s iPad fetches $30,500 at auction

MONTEVIDEO (AFP) – An iPad that belonged to Argentina-born Pope Francis went under the hammer for $30,500 on Tuesday, autioneers 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.