Going, Going Gone: Apple I Sells on eBay for $18,000
The rare Apple I we noted was going to go on the block about a month ago has sold on eBay for nearly $18,000, a couple of grand over what guesstimates had it valued at $14,000 – $16,000.
And that’s without knowing whether it actually works: in the eBay description, seller Monroe Postman notes:
“I do not know if it is functional and I do not intend to power it up. If a trace on the board were to burn up due to a shorted component, it would radically decrease its value as an historical artifact and as, in my mind, a work of art (signed by the artist!). A few of the chips were missing when I purchased it and they have been replaced with the proper ones, although dated a year or two later, in some cases.”
If the buyer wants to come forward and talk about the purchase, CoM is all ears.
Thanks to eagle-eyed reader Bob who alerted us in the comments.
Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco native who has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. You can find her on 
