Auction of APPLE-1 at Christie's

Christie's ^

[seton89]

APPLE-1 -- Personal Computer. An Apple-1 motherboard, number 82, printed label to reverse, with a few slightly later additions including a 6502 microprocessor, labeled R6502P R6502-11 8145, printed circuit board with 4 rows A-D and columns 1-18, three capacitors, heatsink, cassette board connector, 8K bytes of RAM, keyboard interface, firmware in PROMS, low-profile sockets on all integrated circuits, video terminal, breadboard area with slightly later connector, with later soldering, wires and electrical tape to reverse, printed to obverse Apple Computer 1 Palo Alto. Ca. Copyright 1976.

Estimate (Set Currency) £100,000 - £150,000 ($160,300 - $240,450)

[seton89]

Apple computers certainly hold their value.

[driftdiver]

$200,000 for a desktop, what a bargain.

[mc5cents]

Yea, but does it play pong?

[seton89]

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5370965&sid=423008f2-c7e6-4143-900f-54b5eb76c471

[mc5cents]

I am assuming that it was considered an improvement over this one?

[seton89]

It appears to be a laptop.

[Hoodat]

That’s a nice looking calculator you have there. Does it do square roots?

[Normal4me]

I still have a Commodore PET with a whole 4K of memory in it. Wonder what that old clunker is worth?

[Yo-Yo]

Just goes to prove that people will overpay for anything with an Apple logo on it....

JOKING!

[OCC]

Priced at $666.66, the first Apple-1s were despatched from the garage of Steve Jobs' parents' house

I always knew Jobs was the Anti Christ!

[saluki_in_ohio]

Just goes to prove that people will overpay for anything with an Apple logo on it...

Yep. Lots of truth here.

Don't worry, Apple fanboys/fangirls. I hate Microsoft too.

[Diogenesis]

And others just work.

[martin_fierro]

Tres chic.

[catfish1957]

I was about ready to toss an Atari 2400 from about 25 years ago, but my son told me it might be worth some money. Who would have thought. :)

[lancium]

It is one of the first apples...supposedly built in Steve Jobs’ garage

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Marie]

I have wanted a steampunk computer for years.

one day... *sigh*

[JRandomFreeper]

I have a Timex-Sinclair still in the box with extra memory. I'd be willing to let it go for $100K. And a copy of CP/M on 8" SSSD floppy that I'd let go for just $4000. Such a deal. Call now, phone lines are open.

/johnny

[Sudetenland]

Apple computers have always been over-priced.:)

[BunnySlippers]

You can check the prices on eBay. If you donate it, keep a print out of the eBay price to keep with your tax documents for proof for the IRS.

I was shocked to see that my first gen iPod Touch routinely goes for upwards of $100. I thought it would be worth about $25.