Apple-1 Sells For $671,400, Breaks Previous Auction Record 79
hypnosec writes "What is believed to be one of the six working Apple-1 computers has fetched a whopping $671,400 for its current owner at an auction in Germany. The Apple-1 was built by Steve Wozniak back in 1976 in the garage of Steve Jobs' parents. The model sold at auction is either from the first lot of 50 systems ordered by Paul Terrell, owner of the Byte Shop chain of stores, or part of the next lot of 150 systems the duo built to sell to friends and vendors. The retail price for the Apple-1 at the time was $666.66."
Re:Metaphores. (Score:5, Informative)
Except that the 'apple' in that bit of biblical symbolism is a later European Christian addition. The forbidden fruit of the Bible was most likely a fig, grape, apricot or pomegranate [christadelphianbooks.org].
Though I do recall an early computer sold in Aus (through DSE?) called the Apricot, which IIRC was a rebadged MPF-II (an early Apple nearly-compatible clone...)
Re:Essential for museums (Score:3, Informative)
The science museum in London does have an apple I...Along with various other rarities (a PDP-8 for example and other even older things).
I don't think any of those is in working order though.
Re:Inflation (Score:5, Informative)
Nope. $666.66 in 1976 dollars is worth about $2,724.41 today.
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ [usinflatio...ulator.com]
Re:iPhone 1 (Score:4, Informative)
This Apple I is signed by Woz and includes a signed letter from Steve Jobs. The previous owner also got the machine running again.
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/25/working-apple-1-computer-sells-for-record-auction-price-of-671400/ [macrumors.com]