“Another original Apple 1 computer is up for sale, and this time it’s expected to fetch no more than $127,000, a steal compared with the last unit sold,” Donna Tam reports for CNET.
“Christie’s is putting the rare [fewer than 50 still exist] computer — each model was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak with input from the late Steve Jobs — on sale in October, the auction house announced today,” Tam reports. “This particular unit, serial number 22, comes from the home of Joe Copson, a former Apple employee, and Christie’s expects to sell the model for between $79,000 to $127,000 [originally sold for $666.66].”
Tam reports, “In 2010, Another Apple 1 model, offered without a casing but with the original box, instruction manuals, and a signed letter from Jobs, sold for $210,700 at auction… None of these figures can touch the sale of a working Apple 1 motherboard — of which, Sotheby’s says, six are thought to exist. The item was sold earlier this year for a staggering $374,500”
Read more in the full article here.
Does it come with Mountain Lion pre-installed?
I’ve got a IIci in the basement that I’ll sell, any takers?
How’s that for re-sale value?
If you had it running since the 70’s, do you thing it would have finished a unit of Seti-at-Home yet?
Why would they sell it? Sentimental value in my opinion increases over the years. Perhaps they need money?
I wonder what my ’96 Motorola StarMax is worth. Can’t be too many of those in circulation…. 😉