OG iPhone and iPad prototype fetch $25,000 at rare Apple and Steve Jobs-themed auction

This signed Steve Jobs photo was used as a temp employee badge | Image credit – RR Auction

That’s right, an Apple 1 computer that started it all belonged to Dana Reddington, an Apple employee at the time, and went for the jaw-dropping $315,914 sum, about a third of the total that the RR Auction sale fetched.

The Apple-1 computer sold for the breathtaking sum was actually refurbished by Corey Cohen, an expert in the field, and is now fully operational, green monochrome screen and all.

Apple 1 computer sales pitch photos | Image credit – RR Auction

Needless to say, there weren’t all that many phone and tablet devices sold at the auction, since those are a comparatively new phenomenon in Apple’s phenomenal history, but there are some precious pieces.

This OG iPhone sold for more than $25,000. | Image credit – RR Auction

An OG iPhone from 2007 sold for more than $25,000 sealed in its original packaging, for instance, while one of the first iPad prototype tablets went for $24,996. 

All in all, it was a fascinating auction that could truly be considered a walk through Apple’s storied history of ups and downs and sideways development that made it the juggernaut it is now.