An original Apple computer built by firm co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976 has sold for $500,000 at a recent John Moran Auctioneers sale. The still-working, rare Hawaiian koa wood-cased Apple-1 is one of only 200 made and sold in kit form. The computer has had only two owners — a college professor and his student to whom he sold the machine for $650. The sale included user manuals and Apple software on two cassette tapes. In 1976, original Apple-1 computers sold for $666.66.
A 1973 job application written by an 18-year-old Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, lists his “special abilities” of “electronic tech or design engineer, digital.” Jobs also listed his skills in computers and calculators and noted he didn’t own a car. That handwritten application on now-yellowed paper turned out to be pretty valuable than any first job: It recently sold for $222,400 in a London, England, auction. Jobs filled out the application in hopes of landing a job after dropping out of Reed College, which he attended for about six months. A year later, Jobs joined Atari as a technician. He and Steve Wozniak created Apple in 1976.