RR Auctions has now auctioned a working Apple I computer in Boston. The device is fully functional and was offered with a makeshift monitor. At the end of the auction, the price was $ 458,711.
The state of the Apple I auctioned by RR Auction was rated 8 out of 10 by an Apple expert. Accordingly, there are probably even better results to be achieved.
An Apple I with a story
In 1980 the now auctioned device was purchased by SoftwareHouse from Michigan. This happened in the 1980s. Actually, they wanted to offer the device in exchange for a newer IBM computer. Then, however, you put the Apple I in an acrylic case and put it in the store for a while. Some time later he ended up in the camp.
In 2019, Apple expert Corey Cohen repaired the device. It is also he who rates the condition with 8 out of 10 points.
Early Apple products
The Apple I now auctioned at RR Auctions is one of the company’s products that are considered the origins of home computer history. Correspondingly, collectors or patrons put such money on the table at such auctions.
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs produced the Apple I only a few hundred times anyway. Worldwide, only 60 to 70 units are said to be available. There are even fewer devices that work. The devices are in demand accordingly.
Apple I regularly makes top sums
In 2012, a device at Sotheby’s $ 375,000. In 2013, a special model with Steve Jobs’ signature even sold $ 671,500. at an auction house in Germany.
However, the price at auctions varies considerably: sellers have already achieved prices between 130,000 and 905,000 US dollars (2014 at Sotheby’s).
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