<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Liza,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here are some others, I may have forgotten about one or two other significant units.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class="">2) The Apple 1 currently at the Smithsonian, primarily because it’s at the Smithsonian.</div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">regards,</div><div class="">Mike Willegal</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 1, 2020, at 12:33 AM, LO*OP CENTER, INC. <<a href="mailto:lizaloop@loopcenter.org" class="">lizaloop@loopcenter.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Liza</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 4:13 PM Deborah Douglas <<a href="mailto:ddouglas@mit.edu" class="">ddouglas@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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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<div class="">2014: $910,000 (Charity auction) <a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/</a></div>
<div class="">2016: $815,000 (Charity auction) <a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.cultofmac.com/498888/apple-history-celebration-apple-1-auction/</a></div>
<div class="">2018: $375,000 <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/rare-apple-1-sells-at-auction-for-over-500-times-original-price/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.cnet.com/news/rare-apple-1-sells-at-auction-for-over-500-times-original-price/</a></div>
<div class="">2019: $470,000 <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/wozniak-built-apple-1-computer-sold-for-almost-500000-at-christies.html" target="_blank" class="">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/wozniak-built-apple-1-computer-sold-for-almost-500000-at-christies.html</a></div>
<div class="">2020: $458,711.25. <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/03/13/rare-functional-apple-1-computer-sold-at-auction-for-458711" target="_blank" class="">https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/03/13/rare-functional-apple-1-computer-sold-at-auction-for-458711</a></div>
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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.
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<a href="https://www.ebay.com/i/174195921349" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">https://www.ebay.com/i/174195921349</a>. There is at least a “Make offer” button.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div>
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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
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Full description at<span class=""> </span><a href="http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=174195921349&category=162075&pm=1&ds=0&t=1582079090000&ver=0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=174195921349&category=162075&pm=1&ds=0&t=1582079090000&ver=0</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div>
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Also an entry in the Apple 1 registry (which of course):<span class=""> </span><a href="https://www.apple1registry.com/en/79.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" class="">https://www.apple1registry.com/en/79.html</a>.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div>
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