There’s no doubt about it: Steve Jobs remains the “Apple” of the tech collector’s eye. That was made clear once again during a recent sale by Boston-based RR Auction titled “Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution.”
First, a Steve Jobs autographed 1983 business card with the rainbow version of Apple’s byte logo, sold for $181,183, crushing its modest $10,000 estimate during the March 21 event. And then a Wells Fargo check from 1976 to Elmar Electronics predates Apple’s official founding and likely funded Apple-1 prototypes, went for $176,850, more than triple its estimate.
Courtesy RR Auction
“The sale of the Steve Jobs-signed Apple business card for over $180,000 sets a new standard in autographed business cards,” said Bobby Livingston, an executive vice president at RR Auction. “It’s a testament to the enduring legacy of Jobs and the profound impact of Apple on our modern world.”
Courtesy RR Auction
Other lots with Jobs’s John Hancock included a Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ticket stub ($14,653), a $200 check to Pacific Telephone that used his Palo Alto garage as his address ($66,069), and a job offer to Caroline Rose, who served the company for 15 years as a writer and editor ($17,706). Above her signature, the letter reads, “I accept this insanely great offer !!!”— “insanely great” being a celebrated Jobs expression.
Courtesy LCG Auctions
Besides items touched directly by Jobs, the auction featured lots that told the story of how Apple became America’s most valuable company. Chief among these was a fully functional Apple-1 board signed by co-founder Steve Wozniak. Tagged as computer number 100, the personal computer was one of the first that didn’t require the end user to solder. It sold for $323,789.
Courtesy RR Auction
And if you thought new Apple iPhones are expensive, brace yourself for sticker shock of old ones. A rare, first generation sealed 4GB iPhone hammered at $147,286, while a sealed 8G first generation sold for $25,000. How do you like those apples?
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