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Happenings: This Week in New York

By Rozalia Jovanovic 6/15/12 12:56pm

Apple I Computer, 1976. (Courtesy Sotheby's)

Early Apple Computer Sells for $375,000 at Sotheby’s

This morning, Sotheby’s New York sold an Apple Computer for $374,500—more than twice its high estimate of $180,000—in its Fine Books & Manuscripts sale. The computer, a 1976 Apple I, one of the first compact model computer that could be used by non-experts to type on a keyboard and operate basic programs, ushered in the era of personal computing. Read More

By Rozalia Jovanovic 5/29/12 6:32pm

Auctions

Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Early Apple Computer

On June 15, Sotheby’s will auction an Apple I, “an exceptionally rare working example of the first Apple computer.” It is believed there are less than 50 of the computers in existence, and only six in working condition. Read More

Across the Wire

sad

Michael Hastings Dies In Car Accident
Elsewhere

On the Market: Beer "CSA" Launches In Long Island City; Gays Have a Harder Time Finding Housing; A $2 Billion Offer For the Empire State Building
Up & Down the Street

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theater

To Error Is Human: The Slapstick Shakespeare in the Park Is Irresistible
Race to Gracie Mansion 2013

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