Rare wooden-cased Apple-1 computer blasts past auctioneer estimate — sells for almost half a million dollars

A very rare Apple-1 computer sold for a significant amount more than the auctioneer’s estimate in Boston this weekend. Last week, we reported on the rare Byte Shop wooden case Apple-1’s impending auction. At the time, it had scaled to $144,311 in pre-live bidding, with an estimate of $300,000. On Saturday, RR Auctions achieved a sale of $475,000 (w/BP) for its client. That’s nearly 60% better than expected.

Ahead of the auction day (Saturday), RR Auctions shared an interesting video showing this…