This piece of Apple history, signed by a co

That's a lot of money for an old computer.

It seems that we can't go longer than a couple of days without a new piece of Apple history selling for a huge sum at auction, and the latest example of that is an iconic Apple-1 computer selling for almost a quarter of a million dollars.

This particular Apple-1 is signed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and comes with an array of accessories and paraphernalia including a photograph of Wozniak signing the computer back in 2017.

The whole thing recently sold at auction for a whopping $223,520 after smashing the $200,000 estimate.

The lot was sold by RR Auction, the same outfit that also handled the auction of ad copy handwritten by Apple's other co-founder, Steve Jobs. That sold for around $175,000 which was a lot of money, but it's been blown out of the water by this latest auction.

The Apple-1 is fully operational and comes with a custom-built case, keyboard, and power supply and was signed by Woz during a 2017 event at Bryant University. The unit was originally bought by its current owner in 1980 and was apparently in use throughout the decade.

As for what was included in the auction itself, there was plenty for the new owner to look forward to receiving including:

While a completely different product from the best Macs Apple sells today, the Apple-1 was a vital part of Apple's history. It was originally designed by the two co-founders to be sold as a bare circuit board that would then be built by the buyer.

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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.

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