When the Apple I was released in 1976, it was pretty expensive. Priced at $666, it wasn't a luxury everyone could afford. These days, things are no different. The Apple I still costs an arm and a leg. Actually, these days, it's more like two arms and two legs.
Over the last couple of years, Apple Is have been going for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction houses around the world. Back in November, a working Apple I sold for €400,000 at an auction in Germany. In June, another unit sold for $374,500, this time at an auction run by Sotheby's. This past weekend, an auction in Germany sold an Apple I for a record breaking sum of money. According to Germany auction house Breker, the unit was purchased by an Asian client for a total of $668,000.
That said, Apple I units don't always fetch big bucks. ABC News reported back in October that an Apple I with an asking price of $80,000, or £50,000, went unsold. Auction house Christie's said the top bid was for £32,000 pounds, which was around $51,155 at the time. That price is starting to look like a bargain now, isn't it?
