How Vintage Apple Computers Used to Sell
Original Apple-1 computers can now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at professional auctions. But the vintage machines have been selling informally for years. The story of the 1997 sale of an Apple-1, now residing at the Computer History Museum, shows how things worked in simpler times. That Apple-1 was a treasured prize for the young entrepreneur who bought it, and the sale was a financial lifeline for a struggling single mother.
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