This week, a personal computer Apple I, released 38 years ago, was sold for a record $ 905 000 it was purchased recently at Bonhams auction in New York.
According to ComputerWorld, in the course of bidding a final bid for the Apple 1 was $ 750,000, but with the auction house commission Bonhams and taxes, the total amount increased to $ 905 000 Interestingly, the pre-auction estimated value of the rare computer ranged from $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 .
Buyer of rare instance of a computer Apple I, which after so many years is still in working condition, was not an individual, and the organization of Henry Ford. He will join the collection and will be exhibited at the Henry Ford Museum, which is located in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The first batch of Apple I computer in an amount of about 200 collected in 1976, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) and Steve Wozniak (Steve Wozniak), was bought by the owner of the store Byte Shop. Then the cost of each of them was $ 666.66. According to some reports, to date, survived only 60 pieces of Apple I, of which only 15 copies are in working order. In recent years, auctions have sold a few of these computers. Related Products :
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