More than $223,000 was paid at auction for one of the original Apple personal computers that was inscribed with Steve Wozniak’s signature.
According to Boston-based RR Auction, which organized the auction that ended on Thursday, the Apple-1 has been restored to a completely functional state and came with a unique case with a built-in keyboard.
About 200 were produced in Steve Jobs’ Los Altos, California, garage in 1976 and 1977, helping to begin the business that, in June, became the first publicly traded company to end a trading day with a $3 trillion market value. It was originally sold for $666 and was anticipated to sell for roughly $200,000, according to RR.
In 2017, Wozniak autographed the Apple-1 with the initials “Woz” at a Bryant University event.
The individual who sold it bought it used, used it all through the 1980s, and bought it at a Framingham, Massachusetts, computer hobbyist event. Apple expert Corey Cohen, according to the auction house, restored it to a functional form earlier this year.
RR Auction reported that the buyer is a collector who requests anonymity.
An original handwritten Apple-1 Computer advertisement by Jobs that was sold at the same auction went for close to $176,000, according to RR.
A March 19, 1976, Apple Company Check No. 2 bearing the signatures of Jobs and Wozniak sold for over $135,000.
