The machine, built by Steve and Wozniak in Steve Jobs' parent’s garage back in 1976, was sold along with the original owner's manual and a signed letter from Jobs to original owner Fred Hatfield.
One of what's believed to be only six still-working Apple 1 computers set a record at auction Saturday, selling for $671,400 in Germany
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak unfilled the Apple 1 Computer to the Homebrew Computer Club and was dismissed by a majority but the proprietor of the chain called Byte Shop Paul Terrell, ordered 50 computers for $500 apiece, insisting that the circuit boards of the Apple came fully assembled.
Steve Jobs and Wozniak accomplished to yield the requisite computers in 30 days and continuously did produce more computers and sold a number of them to the friends and the others to vendors at a retail price of $666.66. Alternatively Apple 1 in December sold for $640,000, a substantial jump in price from the Apple 1 sold by Sotheby's in New York last June for $374,500 in the German auction house Breker. Saying that the demand of the machine went far beyond the realm of geekery.
An idea and a dream, that became one of the most admired, successful, and valuable companies in the world is another superb symbol of the American dream and that the “can-do spirit is reflected in this brief description of the Apple 1's genesis”.
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