RR Auction: Presenting the Apple-1 and innovative legacy of Steve Jobs

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REMARKABLE RARITIES SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Once a year, RR Auction gathers together the best of the best – items so superlative, so historic, so unique, they belong in a class by themselves. We call this our Remarkable Rarities auction.

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This don't-miss auction will spotlight a selection of Steve Jobs items – led by an original Apple-1 computer, as well as four items signed by Jobs: a Macintosh Plus computer, a 1982 Apple Annual Report, an award program and a Time Magazine cover. Over 50 lots including historically significant documents, handwritten letters and signatures from Beethoven, US presidents and Founding Fathers, a fantastic oversized photo of Marilyn Monroe, a Beatles-signed guitar, and so much more.

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RR Auction: Presenting the Apple-1 and innovative legacy of Steve Jobs

Published on Aug 17, 2018

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An amazing, fully functional later production ‘Byte Shop’–style Apple-1 computer (also commonly known as the Apple I, or Apple Computer 1), complete with all components and accessories required for operation. The Apple-1 was originally conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists, their initial market being Palo Alto’s Homebrew Computer Club. Seeking a larger audience, Jobs approached Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world. Aiming to elevate the computer beyond the realm of the hobbyist, Terrell agreed to purchase 50 Apple-1 computers, but only if they were fully assembled. The Apple-1 thus became one of the first ‘personal’ computers which did not require soldering by the end user. All together, over a span of about ten months, Jobs and Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them.

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