All in all, nearly three-quarters of a million worth of Apple and Steve Jobs memorabilia—including Apple 1—is up for auction. Bid!
Every company started somewhere, including our favorite mega-tech brand, Apple. The nice thing about really old stuff is that you could never have known how desirable it will be in the future. You market your stuff because you think you can make a commercial success of something.
Apple 1
The same goes for Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who are responsible for the first Apple computer: the Apple 1. It was Wozniak who designed it and Jobs who said it had to come on the market. The rest is history. The Apple 1 wasn’t really worth money initially and it’s especially now that we realize how desirable a first Apple computer is. Evidence: An auction opening soon.
Classic Auction
There are 35 items being offered at an RR Auction auction. Everything has to do with Apple in the early days and Steve Jobs. For example, you can get a real leather jacket from Steve Jobs, or another jacket. The leather jacket is desirable: it is valued at $25,000. Oof!
But it is about much more memorabilia. Genuine Apple computer parts. Old Apple phones and other early Apple stuff. Also all kinds of documents from Steve Jobs. For example, a user manual of an Apple 2 signed by Steve Jobs should fetch $25,000. crazy!
Apple 1 for sale
The highlight of the auction, however, is the primordial soup. The original. An Apple 1 is being offered for auction. Fully complete, working and always kept with a collector. That collector is Roger Wagner, who has a demonstration video:
The hit of an auction where even a simple computer mouse (with Wozniak signature) can fetch hundreds of dollars: that must be a big one. And it is: the Apple 1 is expected $450,000 yield. Imagine what you could do with that money. For the collector it is of course the end.
The auction opens on August 12 and then the bidding war can start. Whether the Apple 1 will reach the astronomically high amount remains to be seen, but that amount is there for a reason. (through RR Auction)
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