This Apple-1, described by Bonhams Auctions as, “in nearly perfect condition” was put up for auction in September with a starting bid of $300,000. It bears the number 01-0059, indicating it was one of the batch Apple sold to The Byte Shop. Bonhams expected the computer to go for as much as $500,000 and stated, […]
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Stolen gear being sold on eBay?
This is being posted as a service to the retro-computing community. The following message from VCF founder and respected hobbyist Sellam Ismail appeared on the Classiccmp mailing list this evening. eBay seller id “tvrsales” is currently selling property stolen from the Vintage Computer Festival. If you are planning on buying anything of a vintage computer […]
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Apple-1 sells for € 500,000
The Apple-1 to most recently hit the auction block went for a record € 500,000 (nearly $650,000 USD). Read all about it here.  (HT: Mike Willegal)
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Yet another Apple-1 scheduled to be auctioned
While the most recent Apple-1 auction failed to close with a successful sale – bidding on the non-functional unit didn’t meet the $80,071 minimum price – another unit is scheduled to hit the auction block in November.  This particular Apple-1 is not only complete and working, but  comes with several original peripherals including a 9? […]
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Open Apple podcast #16: Martin Haye
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken speak with Martin Haye, 8-bit programmer extraordinare. We love us some conventions, be they KansasFest, the Vintage Computer Festival, @party, ROFLCon, or WordCamp. We wonder why video games have abandoned humor and if Kickstarter can bring it back. Steve Wozniak is advising the Steve Jobs film — […]
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Apple document goes for $1.35M at Sotheby’s auction
The Apple Computer Company Partnership Agreement, which established Apple as a partnership between Jobs, Woz and Ron Wayne and was signed by all three co-founders, went for an incredible $1.35 million dollars at a Sotheby’s auction yesterday. Â Once you add in all the various fees attached to the sale, the final cost weighs in at […]