The auction house has projected the functioning Apple-1 computer could end up getting bought for over $200,000. Bidding for it had already reached over $111,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.

The auction house has projected the functioning Apple-1 computer could end up getting bought for over $200,000. Bidding for it had already reached over $111,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.

Steve Jobs' Apple 1 computer prototype is up for sale by RR Auction. The auction house estimates the historic prototype has a $500,000 value and as of July 25, the leading bid is $278,005.

The computer, which originally sold for about $666, is expected to sell for about $200,000 at an auction that runs through Aug. 24. An Apple-1 prototype sold last year for nearly $700,000.

A working Apple-1 computer in a rare wooden case was sold at auction on Tuesday by John Moran Auctioneers, going for a cool $500,000. The original owner bought it from his professor in 1977 for a ...

RR Auction noted that the item was authenticated this year by Apple-1 computer expert Corey Cohen. The circuit board matched photos taken by Terrell and later printed in Time Magazine in 2012.