Contract on the basis of Apple sold for $ 1.6 million

The document on the basis of a computer company Apple, dated 1976, was sold Tuesday at auction in New York for 1.595 million dollars, said the auction house Sotheby's.

"The document, which was owned by Ronald Wayne, co-founder, along with Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, is the first chapter of the history of one of the most prominent American companies," - said in a press release, Sotheby's.

The contract and agreement that Wayne is leaving the company to be sold in one lot. The starting price was Apple relics 100-150 thousand dollars.

The company Apple, one of the pioneers in the PC market, to this day maintains a technological and design leadership in its field.

Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne April 1, 1976 signed an agreement on the establishment of Apple, where Jobs and Wozniak owned 45% of the shares, and Wayne - 10%. However, Wayne, whose previous business went bankrupt, did not believe in the future of the new company and 10 days out of the composition of its founders, received $ 800 compensation and a little later - its founder's contribution of $ 1.5 thousand dollars.

Now its 10% share would cost $ 2 billion, according to organizers of the auction.