An original Apple 1 computer motherboard sold this morning at Sotheby's for $374,500. The auction house originally estimated the item would sell for $120,000 to $180,000.

Released in 1976, the original Apple 1 computers were hand-built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Paul Terell, who owned the Byte Shop computer store, paid $25,000 for the first batch of 50 computers.

Apple computer built in 1976 could fetch more than $500,000 at Christie's auction Verena Dobnik, Associated Press Fri, June 21, 2013 at 5:45 PM UTC ...

An Apple 1 from 1976, one of the first Apple computers ever built and forerunner of today's MacBooks, IPads and IPhones, goes on the auction block at Christie's next week.

A rare byte of history is going under the hammer -- one of the original Apple computers that Steve Jobs shipped from his parents' garage, which could fetch nearly $240,000.

More recently in May, a 1976 Apple-1 sold for $671,400 at an auction house in Germany, eclipsing a November 2012 sale of $640,000 for another Apple-1 at the same auction house, said a NY Times report.

A fully functional Apple-1 computer, just one of 60 believed to still exist, is going up for auction next month. Just 200 were originally produced by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976 and 77 ...

Apple Computer released its second model, Apple II, in 1977. It had built-in audio speakers and color graphics compatibility, and was the first to brandish Apple Computer's iconic rainbow logo.

The Jobs-designed device was “hand-soldered” by fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1976. The pair used the prototype to secure their first order from local computer store owner Paul ...

The Apple-1 was the first Apple product created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak when Apple Computer was founded, and there are few left in existence of the original 200 that were manufactured. A ...

An Apple 1 from 1976, one of the first Apple computers ever built and forerunner of today’s MacBooks, IPads and IPhones, goes on the auction block at Christie’s next week.

An Apple 1 from 1976, one of the first Apple computers ever built and forerunner of today's MacBooks, IPads and IPhones, goes on the auction block at Christie's next week.