{"id":4498,"date":"2022-05-06T19:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/working-apple-1-first-batch-computer-up-for-auction-with-steve-jobs-handwritten-serial-number\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T17:35:30","slug":"working-apple-1-first-batch-computer-up-for-auction-with-steve-jobs-handwritten-serial-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/working-apple-1-first-batch-computer-up-for-auction-with-steve-jobs-handwritten-serial-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Apple-1 first batch computer up for auction with Steve Jobs handwritten serial number"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Working Apple-1 first batch computer up for auction with Steve Jobs handwritten serial number<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div >\n<p>Apple-1 computers are rare and have increased considerably in value over the past decades with working units going for over $700,000. Now a special Apple-1 first batch computer with its serial number handwritten by Steve Jobs is up for auction. <\/p>\n<p><span ><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goldin.co\/item\/apple-1-first-batch-7-computer-on-the-registry-with-original-monitor-dcjwc7\">This Apple-1<\/a> includes the original monitor, a Datanetics keyboard, modern cassette interface, power supply, cables, and a reproduction of the original manual signed by Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne with the inscription &#8220;Think Different!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The serial number was authenticated by Steve Jobs. <\/p>\n<blockquote >\n<p>Presented here is the holy grail of vintage computer collecting, a first batch Apple-1. This first-batch computer is in working condition. This offering, standing at number seven on the Apple-1 Registry, is the only first batch example that has been up for auction in a number of years and is the first Apple-1 ever offered with an authenticated serial number (&#8220;01-0050&#8221;) handwritten by Steve Jobs. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Auction house Goldin says the Apple-1 has been verified to be in working condition by former Apple employee Daniel Kottke (one of the first to work on the Apple-1). <\/p>\n<p>This rare <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goldin.co\/item\/apple-1-first-batch-7-computer-on-the-registry-with-original-monitor-dcjwc7\">Apple-1 is up for auction<\/a> for just over two weeks, with the first bid coming in at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goldin.co\/item\/apple-1-first-batch-7-computer-on-the-registry-with-original-monitor-dcjwc7\">$250,000<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Check out all the details in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goldin.co\/item\/apple-1-first-batch-7-computer-on-the-registry-with-original-monitor-dcjwc7\">official auction listing<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><!-- youtube embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/Apple-1-aucition.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2022\/05\/06\/working-apple-1-signed-steve-jobs-auction\/<\/div>\n<p><\/wordaidoc><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working Apple-1 first batch computer up for auction with Steve Jobs handwritten serial number Apple-1 computers are rare and have increased considerably in value over the past decades with working units going for over $700,000. Now a special Apple-1 first batch computer with its serial number handwritten by Steve Jobs is up for auction. 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