It is true: People will pony up remarkable amounts of money for Apple’s products.
This is evident by the lines of pundits that snake around Apple Stores the world over whenever a new, sleek Apple product hits the shelves. But yesterday an Italian businessman and collector by the name of Marco Boglione took it to the next level by shelling out some serious cash at the famous Christie’s auction house in London for one of the very first Apple personal computers ever made, the Apple I. Boglione acquired the computer at a price tag of £133,250, or roughly $210,000. Original price? $666.66.
The computer, which is one of only 200 models ever produced, was originally built and marketed by Steves Jobs and Wozniak in 1976. When the Apple I was introduced, the computer had a fully assembled motherboard and was ready to use from the box – provided the user had a keyboard, a power supply and a display.
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Author: JP Manninen
