Between their keys and their old screens, they tell a certain history of computing: more than 500 machines produced by
Apple in the last fifty years will be auctioned at the end of March in California.
“Historical Objects”
Fans of the firm created by Steve Jobs will be able to acquire these antiques, which trace the rise of one of the most influential brands in the world.
The “Hanspeter Luzi Vintage Apple Archive” collection was collected over decades by a Swiss professor and entrepreneur, who is now parting with it.
These old computers, once everyday components, are now “historic objects” explained Erik Rosenblum of the auction house Julien’s Auctions, which organizes this sale in Beverly Hills near Los Angeles.
They “really shaped the zeitgeist, and changed the way we work, learn, operate and communicate,” he added.
The collection includes an Apple II Plus, an antique produced between 1979 and 1982, which looks like a typewriter topped with a screen, and has a record player and a gamepad.
A 1984 “Mac”
Enthusiasts will also be able to acquire an original Macintosh from 1984, the distant ancestor of the flat screens with an apple logo that now populate many offices.
“All of these parts are the grandfathers of our iPhones, iPads and iMacs,” Rosenblum summed up. “It’s very cool to see the evolution. »
This auction will take place on March 30.
It will take place in a context of very strong interest in vintage items from Apple: this weekend, an American who had kept an iPhone from 2007, never unboxed, managed to sell it for more than 63,000 dollars online.
