Vintage Apple-1 sells for $815K to Hollywood couple

An Apple-1 computer sold last week for $815,000, falling short of an aggressive auction estimate prompted by evidence that the antique was a unique pre-production model.

The auction was run by CharityBuzz.com, with 10% of the proceeds pledged to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The gavel price didn't meet the $1 million estimate but was enough to slip the computer into second place for an Apple-1, behind only the 2014 record of $905,000 that The Henry Ford paid for a different model.

9to5Mac.com reported on the sale price last week.

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