Amaya Toman Another Apple-1 computer is headed to the auction. It will be auctioned by the well-known auction house Christie's, between May 16 and 23, the estimated price could reach up to 630 thousand dollars. The computer that will be auctioned is fully functional and includes various period accessories. This is most likely the 1th Apple-XNUMX in a row that Apple produced - according to data from the online registry.
Source of photos in the gallery: Christie's
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The original owner of the auctioned Apple-1 is a man named Rick Conte, who bought his Apple-1 in 1977. Ten years ago, Conte donated his computer to a non-profit organization. The following year, the computer became part of the collection of a private museum and came to its current owners in September 2014. Together with the computer, one of the first, very rare manuals, Ronald Wayne's own copy of the partnership agreement with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and several other similar documents signed by the co-founders of Apple.
According to auction house Christie's, approximately 200 Apple-1 computers were initially built, of which 80 still exist today. Of these eighty, about fifteen computers form part of collections in museums around the world. But according to other sources, the number of "remaining" Apple-1s around the world is more like seven dozen. Apple-1 computers are still quite successful at various auctions, especially when other valuable objects and documents with historical value are auctioned along with them.
The range of the amount for which these models are auctioned is quite large - the price of one of the recently auctioned Apple-1 computers reached a dizzying 815 thousand dollars, but last year one was sold "only" for 210 thousand dollars. More information about the current auction can be found on the Christie's website.
Source: 9to5Mac
