Here’s how much a rare Apple-1 computer sold for at an auction

The Apple-1 Computer System

The Apple-1 Computer, one of the earliest computers built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, has sold for $375,000 at an auction by RR Auctions, as per a report by 9to5Mac. The rare Apple-1 Computer was “meticulously restored” to operational condition by Corey Cohen, an Apple products expert in October 2019. The Apple-1 Computer System is commonly known as the Apple I or Apple Computer 1.

As per the report, the Apple-1 computer sold at the auction was rated an “exceptional” 8.0 out of 10 due to its “outstanding cosmetic preservation” and the “distinctly bright labeling on its integrated circuits.”

The auctioned Apple computer set consists of the complete, fully functional ‘Byte-Shop ’-style Apple-1 Computer system, its original Operation Manual and a handwritten note from former Apple employee Daniel Kottke.

The complete set of the Apple-1 Computer includes:

• Original Apple-1 board, marked with Byte Shop stock number “01-0052”

• Original Apple Cassette Interface (ACI) Board

• vintage, period-correct SWTPC keyboard, adapted for the Apple-1 and accompanied by its manual

• vintage, period-correct power supply, wired as described in the Apple-1 Operation Manual

• vintage, period-correct Sanyo monitor in a custom wooden case, with video cable

• unassembled Apple-1 expansion board by Electronic Systems

• Original Apple-1 Operation Manual, extensively hand-annotated with notes including Steve Jobs’s phone extension

• Original Apple-1 Cassette Interface Manual

• Original handwritten note by Daniel Kottke, c. 1978, about running Applesoft on the Apple-1

• A period Xerox copy of an Apple-1 BASIC manual

The auctioned-off Apple-1 computer system includes rare original documentation, highlighted by a 12-page Apple-1 Operation Manual. It features Apple's original logo on the front cover, designed by third Apple co-founder Ron Wayne and shows Isaac Newton seated beneath a tree, with "a shining apple dangling overhead". The front cover is annotated in pencil “with phone extensions of significant early Apple employees: “Ex. 255 Daniel Kottke, Ex. 320 Steve Job [sic],” as well as information about a potential upgrade deal: “$400 credit toward Apple II, 15% discount.””

The fold-out schematic of the Apple-1 has also been annotated in pencil, with the names of Steve Wozniak and Wendell Sander written below.