{"id":51046,"date":"2015-06-01T23:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51046"},"modified":"2015-06-01T23:12:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T15:12:02","slug":"woman-tosses-apple-computer-that-turns-out-to-be-worth-200k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/01\/woman-tosses-apple-computer-that-turns-out-to-be-worth-200k\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman tosses Apple computer that turns out to be worth $200K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple 1 computer (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MILPITAS, California — Her electronic waste is someone else’s treasure.<\/p>\n

A recycling center in the Silicon Valley is looking for a woman who dropped off an old Apple computer that turned out to be a collectible item worth $200,000.<\/p>\n

The computer was inside boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her garage after her husband died, said Victor Gichun, the vice president of Clean Bay Area.<\/p>\n

She didn’t want a tax receipt or leave her contact information, and it wasn’t until a few weeks later that workers opened the boxes to discover an Apple I computer inside.<\/p>\n

The San Jose Mercury News report<\/a>s it was one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers assembled by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976.<\/p>\n

“We really couldn’t believe our eyes. We thought it was fake,” Gichun told KNTV-TV.<\/p>\n

The recycling firm sold the Apple I for $200,000 to a private collection, and because the company gives 50 percent of items sold back to the original owner, Gichun said he wants to split the proceeds with the mystery donor.<\/p>\n

He said he remembers what she looks like and is asking her to come back to claim her $100,000 check.<\/p>\n

“To prove who she is,” Gichun said, “I just need to look at her.”<\/p>\n

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