Apple I, collected by Steve Wozniak in 1976, went under the hammer for 387 thousand US dollars

At auctions quite often sell rare equipment, and some lots go at exorbitant prices. In general, buyers can be understood, since they acquire not just a set of boards and electronic components, but a piece of IT history. At this time, the auction was sold to Apple I, which was going to be hand-crafted by Steve Wozniak. The final rate was very high - 387 thousand US dollars. And this provided that "the owner does not guarantee the operation of the device."

In general, it is not entirely clear whether the lot is working, but it all looks good, even in the photo. A computer was going to be part of the first order from Apple, then a batch of such computers was ordered for an electronics store. Then the price of one such computer was 666 dollars and 66 cents. All accompanying documents for this computer is Wozniak's signature.
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It is worth noting that a couple of years ago the same PC was sold "only" for 174 thousand dollars. Although, before this sold similar lots (albeit in a healthy state) and for a great price . By the way, other rare electronic goods were also sold at the same auction, including Apple Lisa, a personal computer with (well!) A graphical interface. Such rarities as the Apple IIGS prototype, as well as the 20th Anniversary Macintosh (there were only 12 thousand of such models) were put up for sale.

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