First Personal Computer Made by Apple

One of the first personal computers made by Apple and signed by co-founder Steve Wozniak sold at auction for more than $223,000.

The Apple-1 has been restored to its original condition and has a built-in keyboard, according to Boston-based RR Auctions, which witnessed trading on Thursday.

About 200 devices were made in the garage of co-founder Steve Jobs in Los Altos, California between 1976 and 1977 and helped launch the company, which in June became the first public company to close on a trading day with a market capitalization $3 trillion

The device was originally priced at $666, but according to the auction house, it was to be sold at auction for $200,000.

The Apple-1 was signed “Woz”, short for Wozniak, and appeared at an event at Bryant University in 2017.

Restored to Working Condition

It was purchased by someone who sold it in 1980 at the Massachusetts Computer Hobby Fair and used it until the 1980s. It was restored to original working condition this year by Apple expert Corey Cohen.

In the end, according to the auction house, it was bought at auction by a collector who wished to remain anonymous.

At the same auction, a handwritten advertisement for the Apple-1 computer written by Jobs was sold for $176,000.

Apple’s “No. 2” check signed by Jobs and Wozniak, dated March 19, 1976, also sold for more than $135,000.