A singular little bit of Apple historical past simply went up for public sale: Apple Laptop test “No. 2” signed by firm co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Bidding for the $116.97 test is already as much as greater than $55,000.
Quite a lot of different uncommon Apple gadgets are additionally up on the market, some signed by Jobs.
Apple Laptop test ‘No. 2’ may very well be yours
Steve Jobs’ signature is pretty uncommon as a result of he typically refused to signal autographs. Collectors have to show to enterprise paperwork he signed. And there usually are not many higher examples than this test crammed out on March 19, 1976 — earlier than the official founding of Apple Laptop by a few weeks. The fledgling enterprise was so new that it is a short-term test.
“This test for $116.97 to Ramlor, Inc. — a Palo Alto-area printed circuit board maker — doubtless represents cost for boards affiliated with the primary Apple-1 Computer systems,” notes RR Public sale, which is dealing with the sale.
“Between the exceptionally early date of this test, the payee as a PCB maker, and the truth that it’s signed by the 2 figures that drove Apple’s preliminary success, that is a rare, museum-quality piece of tech historical past,” says RR Public sale.
Extra public sale gadgets handwritten by Steve Jobs
The test isn’t the one uncommon Jobs-related merchandise that simply hit the public sale block. A draft for an commercial for the Apple-1 Laptop in Steve Jobs’ handwriting can also be on sale. It features a pair of Polaroid pix of the early private laptop. The excessive bid is at present $17,270.
There’s additionally a web page of notes for Astrochart, an astrology/horoscope software that Jobs labored on for Atari in the summertime of 1975. The doc is in Jobs’ palms writing however not signed.
Different paperwork up for bids are:
Early Apple computer systems up for public sale as properly
Signed paperwork aren‘t the one Apple-related gadgets now accessible from RR Public sale. There’s a totally operational Apple-1 with a home made case and keyboard. It was signed by Wozniak, who doubtless assembled the circuit board.
And there’s a purposeful Apple Lisa, the pc that, whereas not profitable, contributed to the creation of the Macintosh.
The “Apple, Jobs, and Laptop {Hardware}” public sale, that includes the ultra-rare Apple Laptop test and different tech memorabilia, will conclude on August 24. Go to RR Public sale for extra particulars, or to place in a bid.
