Rare Apple-1 Computer in Koa Wood Case Fetches $500,000 at AuctionA rare fully functional Apple-1 computer has sold for $500,000 at auction this week, according to
John Moran Auctioneers in California (via
BBC News).
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The rare Hawaiian koa wood-cased Apple-1 has had only two owners, a college professor and his student to whom he sold the machine for $650. The sale included user manuals and Apple software on two cassette tapes.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is believed to have built 200 of the Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them, making it a rare collector's item.
The computer was originally offered as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists. However, Steve Jobs later sold 50 fully assembled units of the computer to California-based The Byte Shop, and the koa wood case was added by the pioneering early computer retailer, but only six cases were finished.
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"This is kind of the holy grail for vintage electronics and computer tech collectors," Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen told the
Los Angeles Times ahead of Tuesday's auction. "That really makes it exciting for a lot of people."
Another fully functional Apple-1 computer
sold for $458,711 last year.
<strong>Update:</strong> The article was updated to reflect the auctioneers' official recorded auction price of $500,000, rather than the earlier reported price of $400,000. The $500,000 total price includes the buyer's premium.<div class="linkback">Tag:
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