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Check your basement: Apple's old tech can cost up to a million dollars

In 2014, Bonhams put up for auction in New York a rare Apple-1 computer. According to estimates, it should have cost from $ 300 to $ 000, and in the end it was sold for a whopping $ 500, reports CNBC.

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Six years later, according to the auction house, it is still the highest known price that has ever been paid for an Apple computer. In 2016, the Apple-1 prototype approached this when it was sold for $ 815.

Apple is based in Steve Jobs's parent garage. Apple-1 is the company's first desktop line. There were 200 models assembled by co-founder Steve Wozniak, and the one sold for $ 905 was “one of the 50 assembled cars of the first batch,” said former Bonhams director Cassandra Hatton, who oversaw the sale.

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Corey Cohen, a computer historian who was hired to study Apple-1, noted that the computer was in “excellent general condition,” the motherboard had “no visible modifications.” Most importantly, she still worked.

Valuable old Apple technology

To an ordinary person, an old Apple computer may not seem so exciting. In fact, according to NBC Bay Area, in 2015, an unknown woman took Apple-1 to a recycling center after cleaning in a garage.

“As with historical books and manuscripts, the value of an old computer is determined by its rarity, historical importance, and condition,” explains Hatton, who is currently a senior specialist and vice president of Sotheby's.

Valuable vintage Apple technology that can gather dust in your basement:

  1. Apple-1

“It is unlikely that one of them will be sold at the same price as Bonhams in 2014,” said Lonnie Mimms, a collector of antique computers and the founder of the Computer Museum of America in Roswell, Georgia. But due to its rarity, most models can still cost anywhere from $ 175 to $ 000.

In 2013, Christie's put up for auction Wozniak signed Apple-1 for $ 387. And last year, a device with a built-in keyboard and original instructions was sold for a little over $ 750.

If you want to sell or buy such equipment, keep in mind that many fans have created Apple-1 replicas (or kits for creating them), the cost of which is close to $ 1000.

Some sellers will tell you that their computers were signed by Jobs himself. There are many fakes, so be careful.

Although Apple-1 might come with Jobs's signature, Apple's co-founder was not really involved in the actual creation of computers. This was stated by Dan Kottke, a computer engineer and one of the first employees of Apple.

“Steve basically made calls in the kitchen, while Wozniak, who designed the Apple-1, watched the assembly, but didn't always assemble the devices,” Kotke said.

  1. Apple II

It was created in 1977 and costs significantly less than its predecessor. Some PCs in this series have been sold for several thousand dollars. According to Computerworld, in 2008 a web developer named Dan Budiak paid $ 2553 for a new Apple II box.

It was the same model on which he grew up, and the prospect of unpacking a ten-year-old computer "was too good to miss," Budiak told reporters. Unboxing was an unexpected hit on the Internet: more than 2,5 million visits to his Flickr photo album, which documented this event.

In 2015, the Apple II, in “good condition,” was sold for $ 4687 at Nate D. Sanders. According to the auction house in Los Angeles, the computer contained two original drives and a completely intact motherboard.

By the way, the very first Apple II machines were built without air vents, which makes them prone to overheating. The design flaw, which was quickly fixed, makes manufactured models without ventilation even more expensive.

  1. Apple Lisa

Introduced in 1983, Lisa was a huge failure. The incredibly high model price of $ 9, unreliable floppy drives, low read speed and high error rate led to lower sales.

But because of its rarity, the original Lisa with two double-sided 5,25-inch floppy drives can be quite valuable. In 2017, the Breker auction team sold one for $ 50.

“Lisa is significant in that it is the first computer to include many of the features that we use today: overlapping windows, drag and drop, a drop-down menu and a shopping cart,” a spokesman for the auction house told The Daily Mail. According to Breker estimates, today there are only 30-100 of these machines.

In 2018, another Lisa 1 was sold for $ 31 at Bonhams auction. She had an original keyboard, mouse, Apple Profile hard drive, Apple Dot Matrix printer, a set of software and manuals.

Later Lisa models in excellent condition can cost from $ 2000 to $ 4000, while a non-working machine or only its internal components can cost a couple hundred dollars.

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  1. Macintosh 128K

The Macintosh 128K, which debuted in the legendary 1984 2500 Super Bowl commercial, was Apple's very first Macintosh. Priced at $ 9, it had a 3,5-inch black and white screen, two serial ports and a XNUMX-inch floppy disk slot.

The original 1984 Mac will typically cost between $ 1500 and $ 2000.

But even without this computer, genuine accessories alone can make you several hundred dollars richer. In 2002, Wired announced that an empty, well-groomed Macintosh 128K box depicting Picasso's work was sold on eBay for more than $ 500.

According to Adam Rosen, a collector and founder of The Vintage Mac Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, those who still have the square travel bag that comes with the computer can get $ 100.

  1. Other older Apple products

Do not rush to throw away old and unused Apple devices. Experts say that the older they get, the more money you will receive for them.

Even Macintosh models of the 1990s are appreciated. For example, Mac Color Classic II was released in 1993 in Canada, Asia and Europe, but never in the USA, which makes it a rare instance.

Depending on the status and release date, Apple's early mobile devices are also surprisingly valuable. Some sold on eBay for tens of thousands of dollars. Sealed in original boxes, they can cost $ 5000 or more.

In 2017, Market Watch announced that a former business owner named Bob Craft "received a $ 11 offer for the unopened iPhone 000, which comes in Apple's factory gift box with a red ribbon." “It was tempting,” he said. “But I'm not in a hurry to sell it.”

What to do if you have a valuable Apple technique

First, check if it works - a working device will cost much more. If it does not work, do not try to repair it yourself or send it to a repair shop. Broken parts should only be replaced with original ones, so you better leave this decision to those who ultimately buy the device.

Then do an online research (eBay is a good place to start) to find out at what price such devices are sold or sold. Keep in mind: if the seller overstates the price, this does not mean that there are buyers willing to pay it.

The less information about your product, the more rare it is, and therefore you can sell it more expensive.

All this, not to mention the time you spend digging in dusty things, may require more effort than it's worth it. Most of us have old appliances in our garage or basement, but very few have something really valuable.

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