World's largest collection of Apple devices will go up for auction this week trends now

If you recognise any of these retro Apple computers, now may be a good time to have a rummage through your attic.

That's because the set of over 500 devices is going up for auction on Thursday, and is expected to rake in thousands of dollars. 

'The Hanspeter Luzi Vintage Apple Archive' is said to be one of the world’s most comprehensive collection of Apple computers and products ever offered.

It includes a rare 1983 Lisa I computer, which is currently estimated to sell for up to $3,000 (£2,400) alone.

All devices were collected by the late Hanspeter Luzi, a Swiss special educational needs teacher who used computers as part of his lessons.

The Lisa I computer was the first ever PC to come with a mouse and the first to ever use icons instead of simple text.

It introduced features still common on computers today, such as overlapping windows, pull-down menus and the recycle bin. 

Although it came with a bulky external hard disc that comes with 5MB of memory - about enough to store one song - the 1983 machine was state-of-the-art at the time.

It was the brainchild of Apple founder Steve Jobs who got the idea of the mouse and icons after seeing a prototype of a similar Xerox computer during a visit to its base in the Silicone Valley.

Xerox never put theirs into production unlike Apple, who sold approximately 10,000 first generation Lisas.

Apple said the name Lisa stood for Local Integrated System Architecture but Mr Jobs' later revealed he named it after his first daughter Lisa, who was born in 1978.

Owners of the Lisa I were able to return theirs for a free upgrade to the Lisa II.

The recalled computers were destroyed and as a result it is estimated that only between 30 and 100 Lisa Is still exist today.

Other highlights of the auction include Lisa II and Lisa XL computers from 1984 and 1985 respectively, and could both sell for up to $1,200 (968) each

All gadgets up for auction at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, USA were built between 1977 and 2008, and prices start at $25 (£20).

Other iconic Apple computers available are the 1986 Apple Macintosh Plus computer with keyboard and mouse, and the 1977 Commodore International 'PET 2001' computer.

The latter, which has an integrated cassette tape deck, is expected to fetch up to $800 (£650).

Not all the items to go under the hammer are computers, as cameras, joysticks, motherboards, tablets and instruction manuals are also available.

A 1994 Apple QuickTake 100 camera is expected to fetch up to $300 (£240) and is described as 'one of the first commercially successful digital camera lines'.

It had a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels - some way from the 48 million pixel camera on the iPhone 14 Pro.

Other items include a timeline of computer mouses spanning from 1998 to 2017, a 'History of Apple' poster and boxes of miscellaneous floppy disks.

It is thought that Mr Luzi gained his passion for computers and other gadgets when he volunteered as IT manager for several schools, setting them up with up-to-date equipment.

He collected Apple products for over 25 years, and acquired a vast technical knowledge of

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