Mint condition 1976 Apple computer fetches $905,000 in New York auction

One of Apple’s first pre-assembled computers - the Apple-1 - has been sold for a record $905,000 at an auction in New York. The motherboard is one of around 50 Apple-1 computers that were first manufactured by Steve Wozniak in the garage of his Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976. Few of the devices have survived, and the latest sale has fetched the highest price yet thanks to its mint condition. The original units retailed at $666.66 - around $2,800 in today’s prices.

This particular machine is in superb overall condition

Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen

Last year two working Apple 1 computers with their original boxes were sold in Germany. One sold for $330,000 while the other - complete with a letter from Steve Jobs - fetched $671,000. Also included with the motherboard was a vintage keyboard, the original power supply and a Sanyo monitor. The device was owned by the founder of Cincinnati AppleSiders - a Macintosh user group - and has been under glass since 1989.

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