In recent years, the cost of maintaining performance of the Apple-1, which are issued by companies in the seventies of the last century, has been steadily growing. These rarities your specific market: private transactions between collectors compete with well-known auction houses. The number of able-bodied copies Apple 1 measured in units, and all in varying degrees of preservation is no more than 50 copies. In the past year, one of the most “whole” this computer model was sold under the hammer for $ 374,500.
Website The New York Times revealed that yesterday on one of Germany’s auction next copy Apple 1 in working order with an autographed Steve Wozniak was sold for a record $ 671,400. In November last year, another instance of the computer was sold at the same auction for $ 640,000. Thus, the value of these rarities established itself over the bar at $ 600,000.
argued that the most expensive version of the Apple 1 went to a certain businessman from the Middle East, who preferred to remain anonymous. At the time of the announcement of Apple computers cost $ 1, 666, at current prices, adjusted for inflation is about $ 2,700.
Interestingly, the previous owner of this one instance Apple bought it from an old engineer from New Orleans for $ 40,000 in non-working condition, then repaired, flew to California for an autograph Steve Wozniak, and then a lot at. Presumably, spent time and effort will pay for itself with a vengeance. Retired engineer features of the transaction were not upset because he still could not sell a computer on such terms.
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