Steve Jobs’ Early Apple Items Are Going Up for Auction—Along With His Bow Ties
Courtesy of RR Auction Coincidentally, that original partnership agreement between Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, signed on April 1, 1976, is also up for bid this month at Christie’s. (Wayne got cold feet shortly after the signing and sold his 10 percent stake to the Steves for $800.) It’s among the “works of art, furniture and documents that changed American history” offered in a sale called “We the People: America at 250.” Christie’s estimates that the partnership document will sell in the range of $2 million to $4 million. Items relating to early Apple history, especially items that involve Jobs, have gone to stratospheric prices in recent years. Jobs was famously reluctant to sign items, and his signature is regarded as among the most valuable of any public figure. Even a signed business card can go for as much as six figures. “There’s an emotional connection between Steve Jobs and collectors,” says RR’s executive vice president, Bobby Livingston. “People who start their own internet or engineering companies love Apple products.” Lonnie Mimms, the owner of …
