Why the ultra-rich are investing in weird collectables
Forget buying a Picasso. The 1 per cent want nostalgic artefacts such as early computers and dinosaur bones – and auctioneers are struggling to keep up.
An Apple I is on offer by Sotheby’s with an estimate of $US400,000 to $US600,000. Such clunky early computers are in high demand. Sotheby’s International
The theatre of a much-anticipated auction has traditionally played out around unearthed Turners, Renoirs or Caravaggios. Now, the drama is more likely to focus on the whirr of a 50-year-old computer slowly booting up than it is on an Old Master being revealed.
An Apple I – the first product manufactured by the two maverick Steves (Wozniak and Jobs) – is one of the most talked-about items on the ticket for Sotheby’s this year.
