A rare, working Apple-1 computer recently sold at auction for the impressive sum of $375,000. The Apple-1, which originally sold for $666.66 back in the seventies, was the first computer sold by Apple co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Very few of the hand-assembled computers remain in working condition these days, meaning they continue to fetch impressive amounts at auction.
The Apple-1 that sold as part of a “Steve Jobs and the Apple Revolution” auction event, is known as the “Bayville” Apple-1, was part of the first batch of Apple-1 machines sold in 1976, and it is listed as number 91 on the Apple-1 Registry. The Apple-1 Registry, which has 104 Apple-1 machines listed, helps track all known remaining Apple-1 computers, with details and a history for each computer.
The Bayville Apple-1 has a handwritten serial number that was likely penned by Steve Jobs and was sold with an original manual and a handwritten note by Daniel Kottke, who was Apple employee number 12.
Other Apple and Steve Jobs-related items also sold in the auction included a 1976 Apple Computer check signed by Steve Jobs, which sold for $112,054, as well as a sealed, first-generation 4GB iPhone that sold for $87,514. The auction earned a total of $1,308,251.
