wraggster
May 26th, 2013, 00:59
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/apple1brekermay13.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/25/apple-1-671-4k-auction-new-record/)With $671,400, you could buy roughly 2,040.7 base-model iPad minis (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/30/apple-ipad-mini-review/) before taxes.One unnamed buyer, however, just laid that amount out for a single Apple 1 from 1976. Auctioned through a Germany-based Sotheby's, The New York Times Bits blog notes the price beats out the firm's $640K record from another unit last November. Interestingly, the seller refurbished this latest Apple 1 to working condition, after paying only $40K for it privately. While it doesn't seem to have the original enclosure, we'd be remiss not to mention that the seller also had Steve Wozniak (http://www.engadget.com/tag/stevewozniak/) grace the motherboard with his signature. You'll find more info at the source, while we wrap our heads around how this makes last summer's auction price of $374.5K (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/17/sothebys-apple-i-steve-jobs-atari-note-auction-results/) look like a relative steal.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/25/apple-1-671-4k-auction-new-record/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/25/apple-1-671-4k-auction-new-record/