Built in Steve Jobs' parents' garage in 1976, one of Apple's original computers becomes the highest priced item ever sold in a Christie's online-only auction.
This Apple 1 sold for $387,750 in a Christie's online auction.
Instead of paying top dollar for the newest tech products, some people are spending a lot of money on the oldest tech products.
One of Apple's original computers, known as the Apple 1, sold for $387,750 in a Christie's online auction on Tuesday. It's the highest priced item ever sold in one of Christie's online-only auctions.
The computer was built in Steve Jobs' parents' garage and designed by Steve Wozniak. There's no monitor, but Christie's says that the device is still functional.
Besides the Apple 1, Christie's also auctioned off other "iconic technology from the twentieth century" -- almost all of it old-school Apple swag, including fabled flop the Lisa, as well as a rare 20th anniversary Macintosh and MacPortable prototype."The Apple-1, one of the first 25 Apple-1's ever assembled, inscribed with the serial number 01-0025 in black ink was designed and hand-built in 1976 by Steve Wozniak, who later signed his work 'Woz,'" Christie's said in astatement.
While nearly $400,000 is a lot of cash, it's less than the price of another Apple 1 that was auctioned off in May. Sold by German auction house Breker, that Apple 1 fetched $671,400 -- but, it had a monitor.
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