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Apple I motherboard sells at auction for almost £250,000

A motherboard from the first computer ever made by Apple has sold at auction for an astonishing $374,000 (£238,000), reaching twice its expected sale price.The component from the Apple I computer designed and built in 1976 by Apple co-founder Steve Wosniak was originally sold for $666 (£423).Only 200 of the iconic wooden-boxed machines were ever built, Auctioneers Sotheby's says it is one of six left in the world that still work and only 50 that still exist. It was originally expected to fetch $180,000 (£114,000), but a bidding war between...

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Published By: Tech Radar - Saturday, 16 June, 2012

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