A very rare Apple-1 computer sold for a significant amount more than the auctioneer’s estimate in Boston this weekend. Last week, we reported on the rare data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/rare-apple-1-with-storied-ownership-could-fetch-over-usd300-000-at-auction-unit-housed-in-original-wood-case-thought-to-be-one-of-just-nine-surviving-examples” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/rare-apple-1-with-storied-ownership-could-fetch-over-usd300-000-at-auction-unit-housed-in-original-wood-case-thought-to-be-one-of-just-nine-surviving-examples”>Byte Shop wooden case Apple-1’s impending auction. At the time, it had scaled to $144,311 in pre-live bidding, with an estimate of $300,000. On Saturday, RR Auctions data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/726-remarkable-rarities/?page=2&itemQty=24&view=gallery&sort=time&cat=0″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/726-remarkable-rarities/?page=2&itemQty=24&view=gallery&sort=time&cat=0″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>achieved a sale of $475,000 (w/BP) for its client. That’s nearly 60% better than expected.
Ahead of the auction day (Saturday), RR Auctions shared an interesting video showing this…
