“Like cars that start to lose their value the second you drive them off a dealer’s lot, a personal computer you buy today will next year not be worth anywhere near what you paid for it,” Rex Crum reports for The Mercury News.
“Oh sure, there are exceptions to the rule. For example, when it comes to cars, anything owned and driven by 1960s and 70s action star Steve McQueen can easily fetch more than a million bucks at auction. But, for computers there are not too many 42-year-old machines that someone would willingly pay six figures for here in 2018,” Crum reports. “Unless that 42-year-old machine happens to be a functional Apple I, the first computer built by Apple co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Then, you can expect someone to pony up, say, $375,000 for the thing. Which is what happened on Tuesday.”
Crum reports, “The auction house said the computer was restored to its original functional state in June, and that it is one of only 60 to 70 of the original 200 Apple I computers that Wozniak and Jobs built.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Here’s to the crazy ones!
SEE ALSO:
Rare Apple 1 goes for $815,000 in auction – August 26, 2016
Rare Apple 1 with original first manual written by Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne up for auction – October 19, 2015
Woman unwittingly drops off $200,000 Apple 1 at recycling center – May 31, 2015
Fully-operational Apple 1, sold sold directly by Steve Jobs, could fetch $600,000 at December auction – November 3, 2014
Apple 1 computer sells for $905,000 at auction – October 22, 2014
Apple 1 computer sells for $387,000 in Christie’s auction – July 9, 2013
Original Apple 1 computer sells for $374,500 in auction – June 15, 2012
Those glorious beginnings and the promise of things to come. All happening during my early twenties until now in my sexagenarian years. A nice time to be alive and see it all happen. It was thrilling and new.
Now if I can only buy my last Mac Pro that isn’t a steaming pile of half-baked pro design in the not too distant future I’ll be a happy man.
Seems we are both in the same situation after all these years. Glad to join you, my friend …
Thank God my TA convinced me to move from a PC to Mac.