One of First Ever Hand-Made Vintage Apple-1 Computer Sells for Whopping $387K at Christie’s Online Auction (PHOTOS)
Surely, Steve Jobs' legacy lives on. Two years after his death due to pancreatic cancer, anything and everything that Mr Jobs made or conceptualised continue to incur interest, never mind if the item or gadget isn't no longer functioning. Such as the case of one of the 200 vintage Apple-1 computer that Mr Jobs laboriously hand made way back in 1976 which had recently sold for a whopping $387,750 through an online-only auction organised by Christie's.
Along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mr Jobs worked on the first ever batch of Apple-1 computers in the garage of the latter's parents' house in California.
The original, vintage Apple-1 computer was sold through Christie's by a retired school psychologist from Sacramento, California. The buyer was an Italian collections company named Bolaffi. When it came out in the 70s, Apple-1 sold for $666.66 but only for the motherboard. It has no keyboard, transformer and video display.
The particular Apple-1 that recently sold off appears to be among the first 25 produced by the Apple co-founders since it does not have a diamond NTI logo (the PCB manufacturer) etched into the front copper layer.
It also bore the date code on the 6402 processor, which is '1576.' Specialists from Christie's said this suggests that the particular chip was manufactured in the 15th week of 1976, which is early April.
Apart from the Apple-1 computer, there were four other Apple computer types likewise auctioned and sold at Christie's.
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