Apple 1 computer and Steve Jobs Atari memo sold at auction
A rare, functioning Apple 1 computer was put up for auction by Sotheby's and set a new record for the price of the item. Only about 200 of these Apple 1 computers were hand-built by Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak, and only 6 are believed to still function. The original selling price of the Apple 1 was $666.66.

The final selling price blew Sotheby's high estimate away. Sotheby's had said they expected the high to be up to $180,000 and the product more than doubled that. The hand-built, still functioning Apple 1 computer ended up selling for an incredible $374,500, partly due to it coming with the original manuals.
The other item auctioned off was a four-page memo handwritten by Steve Jobs. The memo detailed how the Atari World Cup football game could be made more fun to play and included circuit drawings and diagrams. It also included his Los Altos home address stamped onto the pages along with a Buddhist mantra - "gate gate paragate parasangate bodhi svahdl". The item was expected to sell for $15,000 but managed to pull in an incredible $27,500.
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