{"id":477077,"date":"2022-07-22T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/steve-jobs-apple-computer-prototype-hits-auction-block\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:22:08","slug":"steve-jobs-apple-computer-prototype-hits-auction-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steve-jobs-apple-computer-prototype-hits-auction-block\/","title":{"rendered":"#Steve Jobs&#8217; Apple computer prototype hits auction block"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599c294f7b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599c294f7b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steve-jobs-apple-computer-prototype-hits-auction-block\/#%E2%80%9CSteve_Jobs_Apple_computer_prototype_hits_auction_block%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Steve Jobs&#8217; Apple computer prototype hits auction block&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSteve_Jobs_Apple_computer_prototype_hits_auction_block%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Steve Jobs&#8217; Apple computer prototype hits auction block&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le fanatics with deep pockets can secure a piece of history in the form of Steve Jobs\u2019 original prototype for the company\u2019s first-ever computer.<\/p>\n<p>RR Auction is taking bids on Jobs\u2019 original design for the \u201cApple 1\u201d computer \u2013 the same prototype that \u201cresulted in Apple Computer\u2019s first big order and changed the course of the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The highest current bid for the prototype was $229,755 as of Friday afternoon. Bidding runs through Aug. 18, meaning the final price is likely to rise much higher by the time the auction closes.<\/p>\n<p>The Jobs-designed device was \u201chand-soldered\u201d by fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1976. The pair used the prototype to secure their first order from local computer store owner Paul Terrell, according to an auction listing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFew Apple artifacts could be considered as rare, early, or historic as this Apple-1 prototype, which spent many years on the \u2018Apple Garage\u2019 property\u2014a site now entwined in the folklore of American business, where two unlikely heroes founded an empire,\u201d RR Auction said in a description alongside the item.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-02.jpg?w=788\" alt=\"Steve Jobs\" class=\"wp-image-23164850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1576 1576w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1182 1182w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=788 788w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=394 394w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\"\/><figcaption>Steve Jobs was a co-founder of Apple.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, it is the perfect embodiment of the symbiosis between Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Silicon Valley: the brilliant businessman, the electronics Einstein, and the infrastructure in which they thrived,\u201d the description added.<\/p>\n<p>The final price is expected to exceed $500,000, according to the auction house.<\/p>\n<p>RR Auction noted that the item was authenticated this year by Apple-1 computer expert Corey Cohen. The circuit board matched photos taken by Terrell and later printed in Time Magazine in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The description of the vintage gadget doesn\u2019t specifically mention whether it still works, but that appears doubtful: The prototype has some slight damage due to pressure \u201cresulting in a crack that runs from adjacent to the power supply area above D12 down through the bottom of the board to the right of A15.\u201d It is also missing a piece present when it was first built.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-03.jpg?w=665\" alt=\"Steve Jobs\" class=\"wp-image-23164856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1330 1330w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=997 997w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=665 665w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=332 332w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/steve-jobs-prototype-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\"\/><figcaption>Steve Jobs designed the device in 1976.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The auction host noted that Jobs\u2019 protoype was \u201cconsidered \u2018lost\u2019 until recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From its humble roots with Jobs and Wozniak in the 1970s, Apple has emerged as a global tech powerhouse in subsequent decades. 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