Hanspeter Luzi probably knew that his immense supply of Apple computers was worth a fortune. Luzi, a Swiss professor who unfortunately died in 2015, cherished more than 500 Apple devices launched between 1977 and 2008. This is what we call in every sense of the word (and with all affection) a fanboy.
Although it really doesn’t seem like any of this is intended for collection. In fact, computers were used for teaching. Many of them were put on display a year ago for the curious and sold at auction for a fortune later. As you can imagine, in this collection we find authentic Apple gemssome of them, much forgotten.
Thirty years is enough to collect a lot of computers
“Hanspeter Luzi’s Vintage Apple Archives” is the name given to Luzi’s huge pack of Apple computers. Those who knew him said he was a curious man and a collector in general, as he also treasured old sewing machines that eventually became part of a museum in Germany.
As we said in the introduction, Luzi died almost ten years ago following an accident in the mountains. His computer collection remained under the protection of fellow professor Erik Rosenblum, who was the visible curator of the exhibition and later auction that took place in California with a good part of this collection.
For a little over thirty years, Luzi dedicated herself to teaching children with special abilities and it is said that Apple computers served as a medium to help young people in their intellectual development. Although, yes, it’s unclear how he came to own such a large collection including over 500 computers.
One of the rare Apple II Plus and the famous Apple Lisa
In this collection, teams such as Apple II Pluswhich was a sort of improved version of the legendary Apple II and was marketed for three years, from 1979 to 1982. Of course, the previous one was not missing either, the Apple II nor the fateful Apple Lisa. Fateful for all the headaches this brought to Apple and Steve Jobs.
The Macintosh Plus and Apple’s first laptop, the Macintosh Portable
In this collection also appears another mythical, the MacintoshPlus, one of Apple’s computers that was marketed the longest, from 1986 to 1990. A computer that served as a boost after the first Macintosh in 1984, improving it in terms of processor, with an 8 MHz Motorola chip and storage that reached 128 KB, all feats in those years. There was even the unfortunate Macintosh LaptopApple’s first laptop.
QuickTake 100, Apple’s first digital camera
But be careful, not everything is IT. Luzi also collected other vintage equipment such as the much forgotten Apple camerathe QuickTake 100. This camera was launched in 1994 to compete in an already booming digital camera market and in which, despite the launch of other improved versions of the QuickTake 100, Apple failed miserably.
The total amount obtained in the auction has not been revealed, but even if individually they are not very valuable products, the truth is that it is estimated that they will have been Thousands of dollars. Not surprisingly, some of them are very difficult to find. The best example is also recent: a Lisa apple found in a landfill and sold at auction for $65,000.
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