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Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 sold for $2.75M

by qingcharles on 2/1/2026, 2:25:26 AM

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350902407346003-apple-1-computer-prototype-board-0-the-celebration-board-representing-the-earliest-known-fiberglass-apple-1-prototype/

Comments

by: hahahahhaah

Apple 1 launch price $600. Googles ai said 1k investment at 1980&#x27;s IPO worth 2.5m today. So if you invested 600 that is 1.5m. It would have sat idle 1976 to 1980.<p>So board #0 beat the stock price but only just. And I am comparing board 0 to any old apple 1.

2/1/2026, 4:13:00 AM


by: clnhlzmn

I need that &quot;RUB OUT&quot; key on my keyboard

2/1/2026, 3:10:08 AM


by: markus_zhang

Someone needs to create a Fallout 4 module that has the vibe of “Citizen Kane”.

2/1/2026, 3:27:14 AM


by: user3939382

I’ve got an Apple II I’ll take 500k ;)

2/1/2026, 3:37:39 AM


by: barbazoo

If I was a billionaire I hope I’d buy artifacts like this and donate them for posterity. This is a really cool piece of history.

2/1/2026, 3:04:22 AM


by: iwontberude

Sick, now loan it to Computer History Museum so I can have a look

2/1/2026, 2:56:00 AM


by: genter

WTF is a &quot;computer-rated&quot; capacitor?

2/1/2026, 2:51:01 AM