All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer

Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by kens on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @10:52AM (#44877008)

If you want an Apple I, there is one up for auction right now. Current bid is $109,919 but it will surely go for much more.

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/35045050724601...

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Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by testing22321 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:12PM (#44879897)

For that amount of money it’s incredible we aren’t seeing fakes…

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Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by FridayoLeary on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @07:27PM (#44882970)

Or just reproducing it and selling it on the basis that it works exactly the same way as the original...

I'm slightly mystified at the sums collectors items sell for. It seems intuitive to me that their prices should be some function of their inherent values, however that's calculated. It could even be many times that number but it should at least be tethered to reality.

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Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by testing22321 on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @12:05PM (#44890260)

At this point they’re like art or exotic and rare cars - appreciating because of their historical impact.

Obviously the original Mona Lisa is worth a bit more than a good copy.

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Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by dasKrokodil on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @06:30AM (#44886715)

I previously asked about how hard it would be to create a forgery and got a nice answer here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29173562#29175946

TLDR: it would be very hard, perhaps next to impossible to create one, and then you'd still have the issue how to convince people it's real, given that the existing ones are pretty well documented and accounted for.

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Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by Suppafly on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:46AM (#44929458)

>For that amount of money it’s incredible we aren’t seeing fakes…

I suspect we are.

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Re:All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computer by bayouborne on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:19PM (#44880686)

In March of this year, an Apple-1 sold on the same site for 375k usd

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/34999140714600...

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