Ever since its inception in 1976, Apple has become a historic company in the tech industry and now has an over $2 trillion market share. As a result, its earlier products, which essentially revolutionized the computer industry, and memorabilia, fetch a ton of dollars in the auctions market. By now, we have seen several Apple products sell for hundreds and thousands of dollars in auctions. Now recently, a rare Apple-1 computer has been sold at $500,000 at a US auction.
However, the element that makes this particular Apple-1 computer special is the Koa wood-based casing in which it comes. Koa wood was abundant in its native land of Hawaii back in the 1970s. However, cattle grazing and extensive logging have depleted most of the Koa trees, which makes Koa wood much rarer than before. This Koa wood casing for the Apple-1 computer is one of the six cases that currently exists in the world.
