Whether you're looking to sell or buy, keep in mind that many aficionados have created Apple-1 replicas (or kits for building one), which are worth closer to $1,000, Jonathan Zufi, a hardware expert and author of "Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation," tells CNBC Make It.
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And last year, it sold one that came with a built-in keyboard and the original instruction manuals for just over $470,000. In 2013, Christie's auctioned off a Wozniak-signed Apple-1 for $387,750. But due to its rarity, he estimates that most surviving models "can still go for anywhere between $175,000 and $475,000." "It's very unlikely that one of these will sell for as much as the one Bonhams auctioned off in 2014," Lonnie Mimms, a vintage computer collector and founder of the Computer Museum of America in Roswell, Georgia, tells CNBC Make It. Here are some valuable vintage Apple products that might be gathering dust in your basement:
"As with historic books and manuscripts, the value of a vintage computer is determined by its rarity, historical importance and condition," explains Hatton, who is now a senior specialist and vice president at Sotheby's. In fact, an unknown woman reportedly dropped off an Apple-1 at a recycling center in 2015 after cleaning out her garage, apparently unaware of what she had, according to NBC Bay Area. To the average person, an old Apple computer might not look all that exciting.
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