An original Apple-1 computer has sold at auction for $400,000.
In 1976, 200 of these computers were designed by Steve Wozniak and assembled and tested by Steve Jobs, his sister Patty Jobs, and Daniel Kottke in Jobs’ home.
The auction took place in the city of Monrovia, near Los Angeles.
175 of these machines were sold for $666.66 – which the auction house said was due to Wozniak’s love of repeated numbers.
"This is kind of the holy grail for vintage electronics and computer tech collectors," Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen told the Los Angeles Times. "That really makes it exciting for a lot of people."
50 of the 175 original computers were sold to Paul Terrell, owner of ByteShop in Mountain View, California.
The computer retailer added the koa wood case of the computer to the auction, which took place on Tuesday.
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