Title: WOMAN LEAVES RARE $200,000+ APPLE I COMPUTER AT LOCAL RECYCLING CENTER
1WOMAN LEAVES RARE 200,000 APPLE I COMPUTER AT
LOCAL RECYCLING CENTER
2- A California electronics recycling center is at a
dead end, hoping to hand over a check for
100,000 to an unidentified woman who dropped off
an extremely rare Apple I computer amongst her
donations and left without providing any of her
contact information.
3The Mystery Woman
In April, a Milpitas, CA woman dropped off
several boxes at a recycling center. She had
stopped by on a Friday shortly before they had
closed wanting to quickly get rid of her stuff,
stating that she was cleaning out her garage
shortly after her husbands death. The facility
had a backlog of donated items at the time the
woman had dropped off her boxes so they were
unable to go through them until two weeks
later. Upon finally digging through the boxes,
workers discovered the Apple I computer and later
sold it in May to a private collector for a total
sum of 200,000 and are ready to give the woman
her half, if they ever find her. The company has
a running policy that states it will split
whatever it makes from sales with the donor of
the items sold. The Vice-President, who was
working when the woman initially dropped off the
computer explained that the she had declined to
leave her information for a tax-receipt. He
remembers that the woman had left as quickly as
she arrived, driving an SUV. He confidently
believes that he would recognize the mystery
woman if he saw her again. He states that from
now on, he will be much more insistent on getting
the contact information of donors.
4- The rare Apple I computer was the first computer
made and sold by Apple, Inc., the Cupertino,
CA-based consumer electronics company now known
for their ever-popular iPhone series and their
most recent product, the Apple Watch. - The Apple I computer was designed by company
co-founder Steve Wozniak in the garage of
co-founder Steve Jobs parents. The Apple I was
first shown to the public at the Homebrew
Computer Club, a hobbyist computer group from
Silicon Valley that gathered from 1975 to 1986
which Wozniak and Jobs were members of. The
computer, was first sold for 666.66 (2762.94
today adjusted for inflation) in July of 1976 as
a motherboard without basic features including a
case, monitor, and keyboard. Some users would
construct their own wooden casings for the
computer and attach a separate monitor and
keyboard. Wozniak hand-built each of the 200
computers that were sold before it was
discontinued in September of 1977.
5- As of 2013, at least 63 Apple I computers are
known to exist and only six are believed to be in
working condition. With so few still in
existence, the Apple I is known to catch large
sums at auction. A still-functioning Apple I
computer sold for 671,400 at a German auction
house back in the spring of 2013. In the fall of
2014, another working Apple I was sold at auction
to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI for
905,000.
6Questions?
More Information?
- Website http//www.allgreenrecycling.com
- All Green Recycling
- info_at_allgreenrecycling.com
- (800) 780-0347
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