{"id":5779,"date":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hdbka.com\/ludicrously-desirable-wooden-apple-1-sells-for-half-a-million-dollars\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","slug":"ludicrously-desirable-wooden-apple-1-sells-for-half-a-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hdbka.com\/ludicrously-desirable-wooden-apple-1-sells-for-half-a-million-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludicrously desirable wooden Apple-1 sells for half-a-million dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Apple-1 personal computer, the first product ever made by the company, has sold at auction in the US for $500,000 (thanks, BBC<\/a>). John Moran Auctioneers<\/a> sold the item and in the process provided a potted history that answers some of the obvious questions: such as, what is that gorgeous wooden case all about?<\/p>\n “200 Apple-1 computers were designed by Steve Wozniak and assembled and tested by Steve Jobs, Patty Jobs (his sister), and Daniel Kottke in the Jobs’ home. 175 of them were sold for $666.66, a figure that catered to Wozniak’s love of repeating numbers.” 50 of these 175 were sold to Paul Terrell, who owned an early computing store in Mountain View, California, called ByteShop. Terrell was apparently unhappy that the machine came in kit form but Steve Jobs managed to work some marketing magic by convincing the guy he could profit by upselling them with necessary accessories like a monitor.<\/p>\n