BOSTON (AP) – An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly USD700,000.
The prototype was used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world, Boston-based RR Auction said in a statement.
A Bay Area collector made the winning USD677,196 bid last Thursday, the auctioneeer said.
“There is no Apple-1 without this board – it’s Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia,” said RR’s Executive Vice President Bobby Livingston.
