Apple 1 Vintage Computer sells for $213,000

Apple 1 sells at Christie's for $213,000 http://www.microcomputercollector.com http://www.floydfolks.org & http://www.littlefamilyfarm.com 1-540-745-2322 floydlcfgroup@gmail PO box 179 Floyd,Virginia 24091 follow us at http://www.twitter.com/n4usa




Apple1 microcomputer - links discussed in this video


Apple 1 micromputer Registry
http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1-originals.htm

Apple 1 Sells for $213,000 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGunHjDwfO4

Zaltair Computer Hoax video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSb2JVqJoE4

Christies sells Apple 1 for $213,000 http://www.christies.com/features/apple-1-personal-computer-1089-1.aspx

Original Apple 1 video in wooden case
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e0pfS57ojE

pdf of first 'West Coast Computer Conference' 1977
http://www.floydcountyvirginia.org/FloydGuide/The%20First%20West%20Coast%20Co...

Adam Schoolsky's Apple 1 Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt6Wu8QH0-w


The Apple 1 historical microcomputer sold at Christie's Auction in London on November 23, 2010 was probably the first time such an item was sold at Christie's. It was a brilliant idea for the seller of the Apple 1 to use a company with such a high international profile and reputation. It was brilliant if the street talk is true that the seller had purchased the some computer on Ebay a year or so earlier for $50,000. WOW what a great investment to go from $50,000 to $213,000 in less than 2 years. The Apple 1 sold at Christie's was in good condition and good documentation including an original letter signed by Steve Jobs. The computer board was not all original as it had a replacement microprocessor chip from the 1980's installed. To me this seems important however it sure did not keep the bidding from going to high values and more than one bidder. The starting bidding moved up rather fast to the final price of $213,000. Does anyone have a idea how many bidders were involved ? Please leave a comment if you know.

Steve Wozniak was offered first class airfare to come and be part of the auction. I understand he only heard about the offer a day or two before the event and had to make a quick trip. He did enjoy the experience and you can hear his story at this site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAU_GoFIi5A

The publicity after the auction was almost as much before the sale - I guess not many thought the price range suggested by Chistie's would be correct.

Their are many comments on the web about the Christie's auction of the Apple 1 and if you have more interest just do a Google search "Apple 1 sold at Christie's" and you fine plenty to read. For more about our microcomputer collection see http://www.ourcyberbusiness.net http://www.chantillyfestivalfarm.com http://www.chantillyfestivalfarm.info for_sale_by_owner
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[lcfgroup]

Hi Thanks again - My wife and others here also tell me my voice is good for the videos. Maybe teaching 'Electronics and Automation ' at Virginia Tech for 31 years helped . I figured the other day that I did about 7000 lectures during that time. Dave

[lcfgroup]

Apple 1 Computer 1976 Original

Ebay Item number: 170746093288

US $175,000.00

Dave KK4WW Historical Computer Collector

[lcfgroup]

We are in the Appalachian Music community of Floyd Virginia - I am also making a small museum display of some of my computers available to the public in the Village Green. We are on the "Blue Ridge Parkway" & " The Crooked Road - Virginia's Heritage Music Trail" . A lot of good things here - drop in and see us sometime. Also if you are biker this is a big stop over for riders on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Dave

[lcfgroup]

We have Apple 1 Microcomputers in LCF Group - you can see all 4 in our LCF Group collection at Mike Willegal's ' Apple 1 Registry ' - Folks ask how did you ever get 4 Apple 1's - short answer - I have been involved in teaching, using, collecting & writing about computers at Virginia Tech & other places for over 54 years - started at Remington Rand Univac company in 1967 - I have advertised in various trade magazines ' wanted pre1980 microcomputers for historical collection' for past 40 yrs

[lcfgroup]

@AppleMacintosh128k Thank you so much for the nice comment. It is comments like yours that keep me making videos. I am getting better - my opinion - and using much better editing software 'Power Director 10' and better Sony camera. There are so many different videos I would like to make of computers in my collection and education ones. I have many other projects like our "Chantilly Festival Farm' here in Floyd but having fun. Only 73 last week so guess I will keep at it.

[lcfgroup]

@HamRadio2008 Hi my wife and I visited the Computer Museum a couple years ago and really had a good time - visited several other interesting place at that time to like the Intel museum. Thanks for the comment.

[HamRadio2008]

@HamRadio2008 I just got back from Slilcon Valley and I went to the Computer Museum in Mountain View it was really cool thanks for your endorsement, please tweet my channel thanks again I will stay tuned in to your channel.

[lcfgroup]

@HamRadio2008 I looked at some of your videos and you sure are putting up a lot of them and folks are watching. The educational videos are always popular. Keep it up. I have one on reading resistor lcolor codes and have in mind doing a whole series on basic electronics . To many other projects but I will get more done. I taught instrumentation for 31 years at Virginia Tech Follow us at twitter-com/n4usa put out some tweets about your videos - Dave

[HamRadio2008]

Cool video, could you, please mention my youtube channel " Hamradio2008 " I am aspiring to share my electronics homebrew projects and learn from youtube. Thanks

[lcfgroup]

@umajunkcollector The price is for sure partly dependent on the Apple name and success of the company- the fact that Steve Wozniak designed a really great microcomputer for the time with a minimum of components. It would had died if he had not designed the Apple 2 which was a real plug and play from the get go. The fact that Apple is still in business and a very large company with still some great products. At least 600 companies tried to make computers in the 1970.s most have little value.