“This really confirms the value of Apple-1’s,” Mr. Uwe Breker said

May 28, 2013 06:45 GMT  ·  By

One of the first-ever computers to come out of Steve Jobs’ garage has sold on auction for a whopping $671,400 / €518,776, which spells over 1 thousand times its original value.

Auction Team Breker’s Uwe Breker says the computer (lacking a monitor, cassette player, power source, and keyboard) was designed and handmade by Steve Wozniak.

The device was marketed in April 1976 by Woz and Jobs through electronics retail chain the “Byte Shop,” which bought the first 50 units.

According to the NY Times, which interviewed Mr. Breker on Sunday, the insane price paid by the anonymous bidder to take the machine home is explained by “the combination of scarcity, a fascination with the early history of the computer age, and the mystique of Apple and its founders, Steven P. Jobs and Stephen G. Wozniak.”

“This really confirms the value of Apple-1’s,” Mr. Breker said, adding, “It is a superb symbol of the American dream.”