Under the name "Steve Jobs and the Apple Revolution" - the auction house RR Auction is currently presenting an extraordinary sale under the name, which includes a variety of rare collectibles related to the mythical company and its iconic founder. At the center of the auction is Jobs' famous brown leather jacket, in which a 1983 photo shows a three-fingered IBM sign. The coat, which is expected to sell for $75,000, made of quality leather with a fur lining, is an integral part of Jobs' rebellious legacy and Apple's fight against the giant IBM.
The famous photo of Steve Jobs, with the leather jacket
If he were alive and young today, Steve Jobs would not be wearing a leather jacket like Jensen Huang, a vest like Bezos, or a grey tshirt like Zuck.He would be wearing a black turtleneck while giving all of them the finger and pushing Woz to build something innovative. https://t.co/DdXkGQ1kD3 pic.twitter.com/39YOCiH4Sy
— Jett Sjöberg (@JettIsOnTheNet) April 30, 2024
Another item of historical value is a set of nine color Polaroid photos, taken shortly after the founding of NeXT, the computer company that Jobs founded after leaving Apple. The photos, which were used as temporary identification badges for employees, show Jobs next to eight of the company's first employees, including former Apple executives who joined him on the new adventure.
In addition to these personal items, the auction offers a wide variety of other rare memorabilia, including the original Apple-1 computer (Apple's first computer), which came from former Apple employee Dana Reddington. The computer used to be in Steve Jobs' office and was given to Redington by Jobs and his partner, Steve Wozniak. The expected price? More than 300 thousand dollars.
And that's not all, among the many items there is also the first iPhone (iPhone 2G) model 4 gigabytes, in new condition and in the original packaging. The 4 gigabyte model of the first iPhone is considered extremely rare. Apple stopped its production about two months after the launch. As a result, only a small number of such devices remain in the world. In the past, the device was sold for over $190,000, and RR Auction estimates that this time the price will reach $80,000 or more.
The sale also includes other items, such as checks (checks) from the Apple company in its beginnings, under the name Apple Computer, signed by Steve Jobs (with an expected sale of about 25 thousand dollars). In addition, you can also find Jobs' yearbook from 1972, old magazines in which he appeared on the cover, as well as Macintosh computers and other memorabilia related to the company.