But wait, the previous one didn’t even sell at the last high profile auction with Christie’s!
That’s true, but this one works, and there’s a very interesting video of it doing so.
Everything you see is included in the “set” - the keyboard, tape player and monitor. Plus some items signed by the “Woz,” Steve Wozniak. It’s certainly a very desirable Apple 1.
The auction has a starting bid of 70,000 euros ($90,638) and is being held at the German auction house Breker - http://www.breker.com/english/index.htm
That last Apple 1 at auction was held at Christie’s in the UK on October 9th. It had a reserve price of at least 50,000 pounds ($80,071) and the high bid was only 32,000 pounds ($51,245), so it did not sell. It didn’t work however, and this upcoming one does, so it will be interesting to see what happens. In my last article, I discussed the wild price inflation for these recent Apple 1s at both eBay and high profile auctions, yet there is a wide valuation difference between the eBay auctions and the high profile ones. How will this one turn out - stay tuned!
Oh, I almost forgot, the auction will be held on Saturday, November 24 at 4 AM ET / 1 AM PT. There are 707 items to be auctioned off at that time, with the Apple 1 being lot 20. Lot 19 is an HP 150 Touchscreen computer from 1983, and lot 21 is an original MITS Altair! There are also dozens of cool old calculators, typewriters and other interesting scientific items, so take a look - LINK.
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