Imagine tossing out an old broken computer, only to have it turn up decades later and sell for six figures. That’s pretty much what happened here, only this machine wasn’t just thrown away. Steve Jobs had it destroyed. According to Bonhams' own auction record, a battered 1983 prototype that was not meant to survive sold for $150,075 in New York. This is the story of the one that got away.
A drive built to fail
