Apple: Computer from the 1980s to be auctioned in the US – 02/23/2023 – Tech

A collection of Apple computers that showcase the evolution of one of the world’s most influential companies over nearly 50 years will be auctioned on March 30 in California.

The auction is an opportunity for admirers of Steve Jobs’ company, who will be able to acquire the artifacts that made the brand a universal symbol.

The “Hanspeter Luzi Vintage Apple Archive” contains over 500 Apple computers and devices gathered over decades by a Swiss professor and businessman.

“All of the products we have really shaped the zeitgeist and led to a cultural shift in how we work, learn, operate and communicate, and even how we spend our free time,” said Erik Rosenblum of Julien’s Auctions. , in Beverly Hills.

“We’re at an interesting time … right now, where we’re moving from the everyday home use of an Apple computer to a historic artifact,” he added.

The collection includes an Apple II Plus, a device produced between 1979 and 1982, similar to a typewriter with a screen on top, disc input and a joystick connector.

Another standout product is the 1984 Macintosh, the distant ancestor of the Apple-logo flat-panel monitors now seen in many corporate offices.

“All these pieces are the grandfathers of our iPhones, iPads and iMacs (…) It’s great to see the evolution,” said Rosenblum.

The auction comes against a backdrop of heightened interest in vintage Apple items. Last weekend, an American who had a 2007 iPhone, still in the box it was purchased in, sold the device for more than $63,000 (about R$325,000) to a collector.