Amazon Auctioning Three Segway Scooters

What does $60,000 buy in the transportation world these days? A Porsche Boxster convertible sports car, for one, but if that’s a yawner, there’s always a self-balancing scooter.

Amazon.com Inc. is auctioning the first three consumer Segway Human Transporters, the motorized scooters unveiled by inventor Dean Kamen late last year.

The machines went on the block at midnight Tuesday with a first bid of $1.75, and by late Friday had attracted hundreds of bids, with the top ones ranging from $86,000 to $106,000. Since the auctions won’t close until March 28, those prices are sure to climb.

All auction proceeds will go to FIRST, a nonprofit group run by Kamen to popularize science and technology.