Working 1970s Apple-1 Computer Up for Auction, Includes Photos of Company's Origins
A working 1970s Apple-1 computer, Apple's first product, has been put up for auction. It is expected to fetch $300,000. Photos of the original Apple-1 point of sale are also included.
RR Auction has listed a working Apple-1 computer, one of the earliest devices in Apple's history, for sale. The machine is estimated to sell for approximately $300,000.
The auction also features five photographs of the Byte Shop storefront, the location where the very first Apple-1 was sold. These images document the beginnings of Apple's retail journey and are considered a significant historical artifact.
The item for sale is a "Neumark" Apple-1 from 1977, part of the second batch of 50 machines produced by Apple. It is housed in a modified Smith-Corona typewriter case, and its operational status has been confirmed by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen.
Additional items related to Apple's early history are also available. A Steve Jobs-signed Apple business card, estimated at up to $80,000, an early Apple II computer, and a Steve Jobs-signed Apple Computer Company check from 1976, expected to bring $30,000, are among the offerings.
The auction includes later Apple products as well. A factory-sealed 4GB first-generation iPhone, estimated to sell for $50,000, and a P68 "Stealth iPod" prototype—an oversized engineering shell used during development to disguise the original iPod's dimensions—are also part of the sale.