Posted on Nov 10, 2021
An original Apple-1 computer sells for $400,000
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The first Apple-1 computers were sold for $666.66 in 1976. Forty-five years later, a still-functioning one has sold for $400,000.
John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, Calif., auctioned it off on Tuesday, one of 200 Apple-1 computers that were designed, built and tested by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, with help from Patty Jobs and Daniel Kottke.
"What we have with the Apple-1 is sort of like the holy grail of vintage computer collecting," says Corey Cohen, an Apple and technology historian.
The computer auctioned is known as the "Chaffey College" Apple-1 because its original owner was a professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. He ended up selling the computer to a student in 1977 so that he could buy an Apple-II computer.
The first Apple-1 computers were sold for $666.66 in 1976. Forty-five years later, a still-functioning one has sold for $400,000.
John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, Calif., auctioned it off on Tuesday, one of 200 Apple-1 computers that were designed, built and tested by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, with help from Patty Jobs and Daniel Kottke.
"What we have with the Apple-1 is sort of like the holy grail of vintage computer collecting," says Corey Cohen, an Apple and technology historian.
The computer auctioned is known as the "Chaffey College" Apple-1 because its original owner was a professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. He ended up selling the computer to a student in 1977 so that he could buy an Apple-II computer.
An original Apple-1 computer sells for $400,000
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SrA John Monette
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - It's neat that the keyboard opens up to get to the boards.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Like many items... if you hold onto & preserve something for years... it's will worth much more that what you paid for it.
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I still have an old one--with a personal laser printer and they still work.
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