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An original Apple-1 computer sells for $400,000

The computer is one out of the 200 Apple-1 computers that were designed and built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.
An Apple-1 computer and a 1986 Panasonic video monitor sold for $400,000 on Tuesday.

The first Apple-1 computers were sold for $666.66 in 1976. Forty-five years later, a still-functioning one has sold for $400,000.

John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, Calif., auctioned it off on Tuesday, one of 200 Apple-1 computers that were designed, built and tested

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