Apple enthusiasts and collectors might wish they had preserved their vintage Apple gadgets, as RR Auction's event titled "Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution" has concluded, showcasing that memorabilia linked to Apple fetches high prices on the collectibles market.
The auction showcased a variety of artifacts from the nascent stages of the computing and video gaming industry, with a special emphasis on items that were autographed by Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder.
Highlighting the auction was a business card signed by Steve Jobs from around 1983, a rare collectible given that only a handful, possibly no more than five, of Jobs' autographed business cards from any period have been certified as authentic by PSA/DNA, which sold for a staggering $181,183.
Also attracting attention at the auction was a check personally signed by Steve Jobs, made payable to Pacific Telephone and dated July 8, 1976, sent from what is recognized as Apple's first official address, which garnered $66,069 at sale.
The auction didn't just focus on items directly associated with Steve Jobs; other noteworthy sales included a first-generation iPhone with 4GB of storage, still sealed in its original box, which fetched $147,286; an Apple-1 computer autographed by Steve Wozniak, sold for $323,789; a prototype mouse from 1984 that brought in $14,616; a mockup of the Apple Videopad 2 prototype, which sold for $26,488; a collection of thirteen G3 iMacs, which collectively went for $11,229; and two Series 0 Apple Watches from the Hermes collection, which sold for $9,375 and $10,865, respectively.
In a previous auction held in December, a check that Steve Jobs wrote in 1976 for a purchase amounting to $4.01 at RadioShack was sold, fetching $46,063, further exemplifying the high value collectors place on items associated with the early history of Apple and its legendary co-founder.
