Adam Kos Owning rare Apple products is not entirely out of the question. Their owners, who display them in various auctions, can fetch a really significant amount for them, which many fans and collectors will pay for them. It can be not only the predecessor of the Apple Watch, but also a floppy disk drive or a set of seemingly ordinary business cards.
Seiko "WristMac"
The company introduced the Apple Watch in 2015. Seiko, however, presented its own version of a smart watch as early as 1988. After all, this Japanese company was a leader in deploying various technologies in its models, especially digital watches. Of course, she offered not only those with a calculator, but also a radio or television set.
The uniqueness of this model lies not only in the fact that it is NOS (new old stock), but in its very functionality and history, despite the fact that Seiko, not Apple, is behind the watch. But the functionality of the watch was closely linked to the Mac computer, where it is possible to store phone numbers, program alarms and also save notes. In 1991, NASA astronauts on the space shuttle Atlantis received them for communication with Macintosh Portable and Apple Link. Auction at Comic Connect it runs until December 18th, so if you're interested in this piece of history, you can still get in.
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Amaya Toman Apple I
The Apple I is considered to be the first personal computer created by Apple. It was designed by Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs for personal use. It was introduced in April 1976 and its value is not only in the fact that it was the first, but also in the fact that only 200 pieces were produced. And that is precisely why it is a unique collector's item, despite the fact that recently one piece of this computer appears in various auctions year after year. Prices range from 400 to 815 thousand dollars.
Floppy disk drive
The Apple II was a microcomputer that was popular especially among home users, and after the release of the first VisiCalc spreadsheet calculator, it began to be successfully sold to business customers as well. The first Apple II was launched in May 1977 and was gradually followed by its more powerful variants, such as II Plus, IIe, IIc and IIGS. A diskette drive was also sold for the Apple II computer, which was part of the auction this year RR Auction. But of course it wasn't quite ordinary, because it bore Woz's signature with the legendary postscript Think Different!. And it was auctioned for $2, i.e. almost CZK 106.
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Macintosh 128k logic board
Rare and custom made "painting" with original logic board Macintosh 128k mounted on white acrylic, framed and also signed on the front panel, it bore not only the autograph of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs but also Jef Raskin. Both signatures were obtained personally by the original owner: Jobs signed it during a presentation at Ohio's Excellence in Government Conference on October 20, 1989, and Raskin during a private meeting with the owner at his home in the early 90s. The estimated price was 40 thousand dollars, the final price was a nice 132 thousand dollars.
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Set of business cards
What price can it have? business card? That of Steve Jobs in a set with 17 others that belonged to various Apple employees together with the original owner's notes for a beautiful $12, i.e. almost CZK 905. But it is true that the notes come from Chuck Colby, the person who influenced Wozniak in particular. When he introduced him to satellite television, Woz left Apple and founded a company producing universal remote controls.
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