One of the first personal computers built by Apple and signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak has sold at auction for more than $223,000.
The Apple-1 has been restored to a fully operational state
and came with a custom case with a built-in keyboard, according to Boston-based
RR Auction, which held the sale that closed Thursday.
About 200 were manufactured in Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’
garage in Los Altos, California, in 1976 and 1977 and helped launch the company
that in June became the first publicly traded business to close a trading day
with a $3 trillion market value. Originally sold for $666, it was expected to
sell for about $200,000, RR said.
The Apple-1 was signed “Woz” by Wozniak at an event at
Bryant University in 2017.
It was acquired used by the person who sold it in 1980 at a
computer hobbyist show in Framingham, Massachusetts, and was used throughout
the 1980s. It was brought to an operational state earlier this year by Apple
expert Corey Cohen, the auction house said.
It was purchased by a collector who wishes to remain
anonymous, RR Auction said.
An original handwritten advertisement for the Apple-1 Computer
written by Jobs sold for almost $176,000 at the same auction, RR said.
Apple company check No. 2 signed by Jobs and Wozniak and
dated March 19, 1976, sold for more than $135,000. -AP
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