A rare Apple-1 computer is up for auction and already has a bid of over $250,000. The Apple-1 was the first Apple product created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak when the Apple Computer Company was founded.
Apple-1 models that come up for auction often fetch high prices because of their rarity, and this particular Apple-1 up for sale is number 7 on the registry with a Steve Jobs handwritten serial number.
It is a first batch machine, and according to the auction website, it is the only first batch Apple-1 that has gone up for auction in many years and it is the first Apple-1 that has an authenticated serial number handwritten by Jobs.
Daniel Kottke, who was one of the first employees to work at Apple, has verified that it is in working order. It comes with a power supply and other period-appropriate components that include a Sanyo VM-4509 monitor and a Datanetics keyboard.
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The Apple-1 auction is set to end on Saturday, May 21st. More info via Goldin Auctions here.
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I cannot see the (“hand written serial number”) on either side of the photos of the pcb
It loses an extra few hundred in valuation sadly without that signature.
It ISN’T a signature. It is a handwritten serial number. The photo shown is a different Apple 1…. with serial number 50 and not the one that is up for auction. (01-00050)
It is on the second side of the board at the 9:00 position: 01-0050
I remember when my local Apple had an Apple 1 under a clear perspex cover in the front foyer. The cover was just keeping dust off the Apple 1 board and you could have stolen the board without any effort at all. I believe this Apple 1 board has been subsequently lent to a government museum on a permanent loan.
Apple equipment certainly holds its value well.
Alan Audio, you are correct. The first Samsung washing phone machine is worthless