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An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000
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An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000
The board has been matched to Polaroid photographs taken by Terrell in 1976
Almost $700,000 was paid at auction for a verified Apple-1 Computer prototype from the middle of the 1970s. According to a statement released by Boston-based RR Auction, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs used the prototype in 1976 to show the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, the proprietor of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first retail locations for personal computers worldwide. According to the auctioneer, the winning offer of $677,196 was placed on Thursday by a Bay Area collector who requests anonymity. According to Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR, 'there is ...
Jobs demonstrated the prototype to the owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores, RR Auction said.
A Bay Area collector who wishes to remain anonymous made the winning $677,196 bid on Thursday, the auctioneeer said.