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

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.

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.