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Apple I For Sale on eBay

Posted by: ried on 2022-06-02 21:44:13

Anyone going to bid? 😉

RARE Original Apple-1 Computer from 1976, Fully Operational and Signed by Woz  | eBay

In 2021, we had the opportunity to showcase our collection to Steve Wozniak who autographed both Apple-1 computers in our collection. Woz chose to sign the CPU of this particular Apple-1, and was enthusiastic to see two of his creations in such remarkable condition.

www.ebay.com

Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-06-02 22:05:28

Oh dang, the one Woz signed in Dubai no less.

I know very well with what these sell for that my Briel Replica 1 Plus (Apple 1 clone) will have to suffice for me 😆

Posted by: jajan547 on 2022-06-02 22:18:46

Anyone going to bid? 😉

RARE Original Apple-1 Computer from 1976, Fully Operational and Signed by Woz  | eBay

In 2021, we had the opportunity to showcase our collection to Steve Wozniak who autographed both Apple-1 computers in our collection. Woz chose to sign the CPU of this particular Apple-1, and was enthusiastic to see two of his creations in such remarkable condition.

www.ebay.com

At $98k that's not a bad start. Its a shame they are so rare and expensive but what a unique opportunity for someone.

Posted by: joshc on 2022-06-02 23:43:37

It is creeping up fast, will probably fetch at least half a million - not sure why it's on eBay vs a proper auction house though.

The seller/collector is this guy: https://aaplcollection.com/

Posted by: joshc on 2022-06-02 23:49:36

Ah, he answered that question here:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530922015493873665

Posted by: Crutch on 2022-06-03 04:44:19

I think it is slightly funny that this very fancy high-end auction still begins its headline with an all-caps “RARE”! Especially because this is indeed so rare … (aside from the fact that I think Woz will happily sign anything at all)

Posted by: LaPorta on 2022-06-03 05:19:15

Could you imagine placing a “just because” bid on this…and then NO ONE placed a higher bid than you??

Posted by: JT737 on 2022-06-03 07:27:50

I do like that it even comes with an authentic Panasonic tape recorder!

Posted by: CC_333 on 2022-06-04 22:37:59

And to think that it was originally sold out of Steve Jobs' garage for $666.66 (that doesn't seem like much now, but it was a fair amount in 1976 -- equivalent to about $3,600 in modern dollars).

I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to own one (indeed, since at this point the thing goes for the price of a small house, only people with hundreds of millions of dollars -- to whom $1M+ would seem like pocket change -- can even try to afford it).

EDIT: $100k and rising, with 7 days in the auction. It's thoughtful of them to offer free shipping, although it hardly matters at those prices....

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Posted by: Byrd on 2022-06-04 23:50:36

Could you imagine placing a “just because” bid on this…and then NO ONE placed a higher bid than you??

Please do 🙂 I wonder if eBay take their 13% commission on this as with all other sales ...

Posted by: joshc on 2022-06-05 01:28:53

Could you imagine placing a “just because” bid on this…and then NO ONE placed a higher bid than you??

This crossed my mind too. I'll have to keep an eye on the late night beers until this auction closes...

Posted by: LaPorta on 2022-06-14 16:40:56

Over $340k!

Posted by: Byrd on 2022-06-14 16:58:47

Over $340k!

Hope they are eBay Plus members to get free shipping

Posted by: lisa2 on 2022-06-16 07:36:42

Did anybody else here notice that the keyboard is plugged in backwards in the photos. Pin 1 is on the lower right. If this was powered up this way there could have been some fireworks.

Posted by: ried on 2022-06-16 09:14:44

Based on other Apple I sales, I'm a little surprised it didn't break $500K.

Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-06-16 09:26:55

Based on other Apple I sales, I'm a little surprised it didn't break $500K.

Keeping up with it on AppleFritter, being an NTI model may have been a larger factor than anticipated. Apparently a non-NTI one is for sale elsewhere, you can read about that on the thread there, which was originally about the one being discussed here: https://www.applefritter.com/content/“schlumberger-2”-apple-1-sale-ebay

Posted by: CC_333 on 2022-06-18 11:12:22

Keeping up with it on AppleFritter, being an NTI model may have been a larger factor than anticipated.

What does NTI mean, and why does it matter?

Based on other Apple I sales, I'm a little surprised it didn't break $500K.

Me too! I think I once heard of one selling for over $1M a few years ago, so I was sort of expecting this one to end up going for about that much, because people nowadays seem to think that the Apple I is made out of solid gold or something (which, in fairness, is actually somewhat appropriate here, I think, because there were so few of them made, and even fewer that still survive and are in working condition).

If I ever manage to get anything Apple I related, it's going to be a clone.

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Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-06-18 11:19:04

What does NTI mean, and why does it matter?

The very first manufactured Apple 1s were by another shop; NTI manufactured the 2nd batch. The differences are very minor but Uncle Bernie on AppleFritter has made posts at length about it.

An accurate looking clone would be cool but the components are being scalped for a lot now. I'm very fond of the Briel kit personally, and it was very fun to solder together and get going.

Posted by: CC_333 on 2022-06-18 11:31:07

The very first manufactured Apple 1s were by another shop; NTI manufactured the 2nd batch. The differences are very minor but Uncle Bernie on AppleFritter has made posts at length about it.

Ah, I see.

An accurate looking clone would be cool but the components are being scalped for a lot now. I'm very fond of the Briel kit personally, and it was very fun to solder together and get going.

That would be fun, but in light of that scalping, I couldn't care less if an otherwise accurate clone uses modern-looking parts; NOS or newly produced vintage-styled components are simply too expensive and hard to find, so, given that I'm not a purist, I'd rather just use whatever modern equivalents are available, unless there's some technical reason why the old component is better (like maybe the original circuit relies on some quirk or feature in a contemporary IC to function properly, and modern variants of that IC don't have that quirk/feature).

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