Apple I computer in wooden case sold at auction for 500 thousand dollars

Computers can have great antique value. The original Apple computer created by the founders

company by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976, was offered at auction in the United States for $400,000. As a result of the auction, the buyer paid half a million US dollars for the collector's item.

The computer is presented in a case made of special wood– rare Hawaiian koa. It's called the Apple I and is still in use today. This model is one of 200 computers of this kind that were produced and sold in the early days of Apple. “This is something of a Holy Grail for collectors of retro electronics and computer technology”, – Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen told the Los Angeles Times before Tuesday's auction.

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It is known that the model sold had only twoowner &#8211; a college professor and his student, to whom he sold the car for $650, explains John Moran Auctioneers. The package included a user manual and Apple software on two cassettes.

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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne foundedApple on April 1, 1976 in a California garage. To help fund the production of the Apple I, Jobs sold his VW minivan, and Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator for $ 500.

In 1976, Apple I computers sold for $666.66 each. Legend has it that this price tag was invented to please Steve Wozniak's passion for repeating numbers.

Source: johnmoran, bbc

Illustrations: John Moran Auctioneers

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