One of many first private computer systems constructed by Apple and signed by firm co-founder Steve Wozniak has offered at public sale for greater than $223,000.
The Apple-1 has been restored to a completely operational state and got here with a customized case with a built-in keyboard, based on Boston-based RR Public sale, which held the sale that closed Thursday.
About 200 had been manufactured in Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ storage in Los Altos, California, in 1976 and 1977 and helped launch the corporate that in June turned the primary publicly traded enterprise to shut a buying and selling day with a $three trillion market worth. Initially offered for $666, it was anticipated to promote for about $200,000, RR stated.
The Apple-1 was signed “Woz” by Wozniak at an occasion at Bryant College in 2017.
It was acquired utilized by the one that offered it in 1980 at a pc hobbyist present in Framingham, Massachusetts, and was used all through the 1980s. It was dropped at an operational state earlier this 12 months by Apple professional Corey Cohen, the public sale home stated.
It was bought by a collector who needs to stay nameless, RR Public sale stated.
An authentic handwritten commercial for the Apple-1 Pc written by Jobs offered for nearly $176,000 on the identical public sale, RR stated.
Apple firm examine No. 2 signed by Jobs and Wozniak and dated March 19, 1976, offered for greater than $135,000.
