Apple-1 ‘Prototype Board #0’ system is expected to fetch $500,000+ at a 50th Anniversary auction — and the firm’s first ever check is valued at the same amount

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Apple-1 ‘Prototype Board #0’ system is expected to fetch $500,000+ at a 50th Anniversary auction — and the firm’s first ever check is valued at the same amount

The historic Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction sale has kicked-off.

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(Image credit: Boston’s Rare and Remarkable Auctions ) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Boston’s Rare and Remarkable Auctions has begun a blockbuster sale of 191 lots of historic Apple Computer artifacts. The Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction sale has kicked off, and will end on January 30. Among the star attractions under the hammer are an Apple-1 ‘Prototype Board #0,’ Apple’s first check, an Apple Computer registered 1989 Jaguar XJS V12 convertible, and several of Steve Jobs personally-owned treasures.

As per our headline, probably the most tempting purchase for retro vintage hardware enthusiasts would be lot 6003, the Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0. RR Auctions refers to this as “The ‘Celebration’ Board, Representing the Earliest Known Fiberglass Apple-1 Prototype.”

(Image credit: Boston’s Rare and Remarkable Auctions ) (Image credit: Boston’s Rare and Remarkable Auctions ) (Image credit: Boston’s Rare and Remarkable Auctions ) (Image credit: Boston’s Rare and Remarkable Auctions ) This prototype is claimed to have been used by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak “to validate the Apple-1 design before entering into commercial production.” It is the first corrected PCB layout readied ahead of the famous first Byte Shop production run. The first 50 following machines produced for Paul Terrell’s Byte Shop order were based on this design.

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