Old Apple 1 Up For Auction, Expected To Go For $160,000+

vanstinator was one of several readers to point out that Christie's is holding an auction for one of the original Apple 1 machines, complete with a manual, the original shipping box, and the letter from Steve Jobs to the owner. The invoice says the computer was purchased on December 7th, 1976, with an Apple cassette interface card, for a total price of $741.66. The auction house expects it to sell for over $160,000.

Comments

The auction house expects?

[RapmasterT]

I think the auction house HOPES it will sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars...expecting it is an exercise in wishful thinking. The art of predicting auction prices on rare items is based on historical sales of similar items, this is a pretty unusual and unique circumstance.

Part of me wants to trust them as experts, but part of me also feels that old (albeit rare) computer parts don't have the value they think it does. I guess we'll find out.

Re:The auction house expects?

[RapmasterT]

On items with this sort of juice, the auction house usually guesses way low.

this sort of juice? This is an old computer with a good box and receipt, not a Picasso.

Re:$666.66 WTF?

[blackraven14250]

Not witchcraft. Cult leading.

Re:Steve Jobs, the Satanist

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe. All I heard was a scrap of an old manuscript was found, and it wasn't in good condition, and it may have said 616.

Re:Apple releases...

[Anonymous Coward]

I hate seeing this quote over and over again. Lets be honest in the fall of 2001 the iPod did not look amazing from a technical review, the market already had superior products available for the same if not lower price. The problem is that the review was focused on people who want the latest and greatest technology and thats not the market Apple was pushing it to.

Re:First time this is actually appropriate...

[LWATCDR]

How about Contiki instead?