喬布斯製造的Apple I拍賣 81.5萬美元成交

A prototype Apple 1, a holy-grail item in electronics memorabilia, has been sold for $815,000.

近日，一臺Apple I電腦的原型——可稱得上是電子產品大事記中的聖盃級產品，拍出了81.5萬美元。

Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built just 200 of the computers in 1976.

1976年，蘋果聯合創始人史蒂夫.喬布斯和史蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克組裝了200臺蘋果電腦。

The model auctioned this week contains tell-tale signs that it is a prototype, probably made prior to its manufacturing run.

本週拍賣的這一臺，有跡象顯示是一臺原型機，很可能是在大量生產前的試行版本。

One computer historian says it is "one of the first, if not the first ever" Apple computer.

一位電腦史學家表示，如果這不是第一臺原型機的話，那它也一定是蘋果第一批原型機之一。

This "celebration edition" Apple 1 was expected to make $1m, but auctioneer Charitybuzz told the BBC that the final bid was $815,000.

這臺“慶典版”的蘋果一代電腦預期拍賣價是100萬美元，不過拍賣商Charitybuzz告訴BBC，最終成交價是81.5萬美元。

That means it is not the highest-grossing Apple 1 computer - that distinction belongs to a rare working version that sold for $905,000 at a Bonhams auction in New York in October 2014.

這意味着它並未刷新蘋果一代電腦的拍賣紀錄——2014年10月份，在紐約Bonhams拍賣會上，一臺罕見的“操作版”蘋果一代電腦被拍賣出了90.5萬美元。

A spokeswoman for Charitybuzz said that "about 80 bidders" had been watching the item. She denied reports that there had been a last-minute $1.2m bid, apparently made too late to be accepted.

Charitybuzz拍賣行的一位發言人表示，“大約有80人”參與競拍。她否認有報道稱在最後時刻有人出價120萬美元，顯然太晚而未能成交。

Ten percent of the proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, based in New York, Charitybuzz said.

據Charitybuzz表示，此次拍賣所得資金的10%會捐獻給紐約的“白血病和淋巴瘤協會”。

No more than 70 Apple 1 computers are believed to still be in existence. The machine - initially named "Apple Computer 1" - first went on sale in July 1976, and was discontinued in October of the following year when the company turned its attention to building the Apple 2.

世上現存的蘋果一代據稱最多不過70臺。這臺機器--起初的名字爲“蘋果電腦1”--最早於1976年上市出售。不過在次年10月，蘋果公司轉移注意力去開發蘋果電腦2時就停產了。