{
  "id": 14688497,
  "title": "Rare Apple-1 With Steve Jobs Letter Sells for $1.15 Million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/rare-apple-1-with-steve-jobs-letter-sells-for-1-15-million",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T12:01:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacRumors",
    "slug": "macrumors",
    "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/15/rare-apple-1-with-steve-jobs-letter-sells/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A rare Apple-1 computer, bearing a handwritten note from Steve Jobs, has set a new world auction record. The Hatfield Apple-1, owned by original owner Fred Hatfield, sold for $1,148,200 at an auction in October. The price surpassed the estimated range of $500,000 to $800,000. The device's significance lies in its connection to Steve Jobs, who offered an Apple II motherboard for the Apple-1 and an additional $400. Hatfield later sold the computer privately for $40,000 while it required repairs. The buyer restored the machine and secured Steve Wozniak's signature on the motherboard, a move that previously set another auction record in 2013. Bonhams, the auction house, listed the previous sale at around $686,000.",
  "summary": "The \"Hatfield\" Apple-1 has sold for $1,148,200 including the buyer's premium, setting a world auction record for a commercially sold Apple-1, according to Bonhams . Two bidders competed for 28 minutes before the October 14 auction closed, taking the working computer beyond its $500,000 to $800,000 estimate . The machine takes its name from original owner Fred Hatfield, who complained to Apple…",
  "key_points": [
    "Rare Apple-1 computer with Steve Jobs' handwritten note sells for $1.15 million",
    "Hatfield Apple-1 surpasses estimated $500,000-$800,000 range",
    "Buyer restores machine, secures Steve Wozniak's signature on motherboard"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}