[SIGCIS-Members] eBay is selling an Apple 1 for $1.5 million

Sat Aug 1 15:47:34 PDT 2020

Liza,

Because it was the first that was “shipped”, I’m absolutely sure your Apple 1 is more valuable than the typical Apple 1.  There are several others that I put in the same category.  Hard to know value of a unique item though.

Here are some others, I may have forgotten about one or two other significant units.

1) The Apple 1 recently donated to the Living Computer Museum that used to be the demonstrator unit that Steve Jobs Kept in his office.
2) The Apple 1 currently at the Smithsonian, primarily because it’s at the Smithsonian.
3) Steve Wozniak’s Apple 1, even though it isn’t a prototype or special in any other way.  Current evidence indicates that any prototypes have been lost.  Pictures exist of a hand wired prototype and a PCB prototype.

regards,
Mike Willegal

> On Aug 1, 2020, at 12:33 AM, LO*OP CENTER, INC. <lizaloop at loopcenter.org> wrote:
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> I feel like I ought to say something in response to this thread but I'm not sure what. Do you-all think the first Apple 1 should be worth more than the others? Pricing collectables is sooooo difficult.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Liza
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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 4:13 PM Deborah Douglas <ddouglas at mit.edu <mailto:ddouglas at mit.edu>> wrote:
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> For those who are curious here are some of the prices paid for Apple 1 computers in the past 6 years.  
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> 2014: $910,000 (Charity auction) https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/ <https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/>
> 2016: $815,000 (Charity auction) https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/ <https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/>
> 2018: $375,000 https://www.cnet.com/news/rare-apple-1-sells-at-auction-for-over-500-times-original-price/ <https://www.cnet.com/news/rare-apple-1-sells-at-auction-for-over-500-times-original-price/>
> 2019: $470,000 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/wozniak-built-apple-1-computer-sold-for-almost-500000-at-christies.html <https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/wozniak-built-apple-1-computer-sold-for-almost-500000-at-christies.html>
> 2020: $458,711.25. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/03/13/rare-functional-apple-1-computer-sold-at-auction-for-458711 <https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/03/13/rare-functional-apple-1-computer-sold-at-auction-for-458711>
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> Debbie Douglas
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>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 6:24 PM, mike at willegal.net <mailto:mike at willegal.net> wrote:
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>> I talked to Krishna a few years ago.  I don’t think he is unhinged, but I can’t imagine any Apple 1 fetching that price, even though it appears to be one of the nicer survivors.  It’s funny, when I first became interested in Apple 1s, condition mattered little, but now the market has evolved to the point where condition seems to matter.  Note that the Henry Ford Museum paid around 1 million dollars for an Apple 1 several years ago, though that price hasn’t been approached since.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Mike Willegal
>> 
>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 4:05 PM, <thomas.haigh at gmail.com <mailto:thomas.haigh at gmail.com>> <thomas.haigh at gmail.com <mailto:thomas.haigh at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> https://www.ebay.com/i/174195921349 <https://www.ebay.com/i/174195921349>. There is at least a “Make offer” button.
>>>  
>>> I have to say that this is more than a little unhinged, possibly a further sign (as if one were needed) of the approach of the end times. Though I did recently pay $250 for a working Apple IIe with disk drives and monitor. Simple mathematics suggests for a Bezos, Musk or Zuckerberg this would be a very much smaller purchase relative to net worth. 
>>>  
>>> Full description at http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=174195921349&category=162075&pm=1&ds=0&t=1582079090000&ver=0 <http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=174195921349&category=162075&pm=1&ds=0&t=1582079090000&ver=0>
>>>  
>>> Also an entry in the Apple 1 registry (which of course): https://www.apple1registry.com/en/79.html <https://www.apple1registry.com/en/79.html>.
>>>  
>>> Best wishes,
>>> 
>>> Tom
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