A An authentic prototype Apple-1 computer from the mid-1970s has sold for nearly $700,000 at auction. and was acquired by a San Francisco Bay Area collector who asked to remain anonymous.

Apple founder Steve Jobs with his partner Stevie Wozniak Used this prototype in 1976 to demonstrate to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop In Mountain View, California, one of the world’s first personal computer stores.

This prototype has minor damage, as advertised, including “A crack flowing from the area around the power supply…”

“There is no Apple-1 without this plate: it is the holy grail of Steve Jobs and Apple memories”said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR Auction, the auction house responsible.

According to the item description on the auction website, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak originally envisioned the Apple-1 computer as part of a DIY kit.At a cost of 40 USD.

Terrel was the one who convinced entrepreneurs to turn the product into a pre-assembled personal computer to sell for about $666.And then they made their first major order.

The plaque was identified in Polaroid photographs taken by Terrell in 1976. shows it in use. It was also researched and verified in 2022 by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen, whose 13-page notarized report accompanied the sale.

According to the auction house, the device also passed through Wozniak’s hands, as it appears to have been soldered onto a single “Apple Computer A” circuit board by him.

The prototype remained in the possession of the Apple Garage for many years before that Jobs gave it to a vendor about 30 years ago.

A piece is considered a A piece of computing history and tech giant and was considered lost until recently.

Last year, A rare Apple-1 computer that was built in Jobs’ home has sold at auction for $400,000. It was one of 200 made by Wozniak. Another Apple-1 sold for $470,000 in London in 2020.

Few Apple artifacts can be considered as rare, early, or as historic as this prototype Apple-1.who spent many years in the ‘garage where Apple was born’…”, the advertisement says.

According to AP

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