An original Apple1 computer is going on auction. Estimated price? $161,600 to $242,000. An auctioneer is selling its distant ancestor and one of the world's first personal computers, the Apple1, for an estimated $161,600 to $242,400.In 1976, Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the computer out of Jobs' family garage and sold it for $666.66. The Apple1 will be auctioned by Christie's in London, England, on November 23, with a simultaneous auction held online. The Apple-1 that's up for sale is believed to be one of about 200 of those computers that Jobs and Wozniak created in 1976 and 1977. It comes in an original box with the return address pointing back to the California garage where Apple Corp. began and features the original Apple logo, which showed Isaac Newton getting hit on the head with an Apple. The Apple1 does not have a disk drive, nor a monitor or keyboard; not very impressive. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak have stated that just 200 were made, and only about 50 are thought to survive. Labeled system number 82, this kit includes the motherboard, cassette adapter, manuals, the original shipping box in good condition, and a signed letter from Steve Jobs to the original owner! This is the forerunner of the iPod, iPad and iPhone as it worked straight out of the box.
What are your thoughts on this? If you could afford to, would you bid on something like this? Do you think this is just an old artifact that needs to be thrown out?
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