A beautiful Apple 1 (and more) up for Auction

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This Apple 1 motherboard is in fantastic condition for a 37 year old computer and includes most of the original add ons that you would want, including an original box and documentation. It is listed in my registry as “Framed #4”.

http://www.breker.com/ReadMore/

There are also a few other gems for sale, including a twiggy Macintosh, a Lisa 1, a SOL 20 and an Altair. I have a catalog of the auction scheduled for November 16th and it is filled with many other interesting vintage toys, scientific instraments and more.

I had the pleasure of meeting with the Brecker’s for a couple of hours back in August while they were on a business trip to the United States. It was very interesting to talk to them and I really wish them further success with their technology auctions.

By the way, I need to update the registry. People have continued to fix up their Apple 1s, so I’ve got a more up to date image of one unit that received some serious love over the last few months. I also need to add couple of new Apple 1s. I forgot to add the one in the history San Jose museum during last update and another one came to my attention immediately after the last update. Finally, I figured that units that are discussed in either Tom Owad’s book “Back to the Garage”, or Bob Luther’s “The First Apple”, should have that called out in the registry listing.

3 thoughts on “A beautiful Apple 1 (and more) up for Auction”

  1. Is that really an original Apple 1 box? The photo on the Breker website seems to have a Newton-1 replica inside it. I know Mike Newton was making replica boxes to sell with his clones.

  2. Interesting point. I know the owner had 4 Apple 1s in his possession in the early 90’s, and kept the best of the lot, including documentation. I presume that he could have received a box with one or more of them and saved the best one. On the other hand, Mike Newton did ship boxes with some of the units that he sold and it does look like a clone in that box. Scanning the web for images, it looks like Newton’s boxes are brown, not white like the original Apple 1 boxes seen in the well known image of Patty’s (not Steve’s) bedroom. Without seeing it in person, chatting with anyone concerned or having any financial interest, I’m leaning toward it being an original box.

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