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Title: $666.66 to $213,000!
Post by: Palehorse on November 23, 2010, 06:05:19 PM
CNN) -- One of Apple's first computers has sold for more than $200,000.
Perhaps the buyer didn't hear about Apple's online sale on Friday?
The Apple-1 computer -- among the first made in a garage by Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak -- sold for about $213,600 at a Christie's auction held in London, England, on Tuesday, according to the company's website.
A private collector named Marco Boglione purchased the machine, according to the Associated Press. The Apple-1 computer came with a typed note from Jobs as well as a box stamped with the company's original logo -- an apple falling on Sir Isaac Newton.
The computer originally sold for $666.66.. . .


http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/23/apple.computer.auction/index.html?hpt=T2 (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/11/23/apple.computer.auction/index.html?hpt=T2)

But don't go digging through the attic for yours. (If you were one of the 200 owners of it back in the day). These units typically go for 12 - 15 thousand at auction. . .  :spooked: