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Magazine with Steve Jobs' signature to be auctioned in October
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An Ipad tablet displays a picture of Apple's co-founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs at an Apple reseller store in Guatemala City on October 6, 2011.Jobs died in the United States at the age of 56 after losing a long battle with cancer. (AFP /Johan Ordonez)
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side from joining the pre-order service for the latest iPhone X, Apple enthusiasts can also celebrate the tenth anniversary of the smartphone by bidding on some historical items, one of which is a copy of Newsweek magazine that had been signed by Steve Jobs.
The magazine, which was published on Oct. 24, 1988, featured Jobs on its cover with headline Mr. Chips – Steve Jobs Puts the ‘Wow’ Back in Computers. In addition to the autograph, the cover also had Jobs' handwriting that says “I love manufacturing.”
The magazine’s consignor explained her meeting with Jobs in a letter that can be read on auction house RR Auction’s website.
“In October 1988, Steve Jobs came to Lotus Development Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to unveil the much-anticipated NeXT computer. It was expected to revolutionize academia and all things educational,” she wrote, adding that she was a senior buyer at Lotus working in the manufacturing facility at that time.
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“[…] I stopped at a hotel gift shop and purchased some mints along with several magazines that he [Jobs] was featured on,” she jotted down while describing that the venue was full of reporters, teleprompters and live feeds from all over the world. She then said that Jobs sat on a table next to her.
“I showed him a pile of magazines and asked him to pick one to autograph for me. He hesitated and said, ‘I don’t do autographs’ at which point I stepped closer, locked eyes and said, ‘Then write something from your heart’. He smiled from ear to ear, picked the Newsweek and jotted the words.”
The magazine will be up for bidding in October and it will be accompanied by full letters of authenticity from PSA/DNA, Beckett Authentication Services and a detailed letter of provenance from the consignor.
Furthermore, another item that had been auctioned off on Tuesday was the Apple-I Computer that is considered as the origin of the personal computer revolution. The board was actually owned by Adam Schoolsky and could be found at the website of Charitybuzz, an internet company that raises funds via online charity.
Valued at $700,000, the Apple-I came in a set with some items, among them were Apple original Operation Manual, Apple original Basic Users’ Manual, and Apple-I original Cassette Interface Manual. It is said that, out of 200 units, there were only less than 60 units that were still available. Also, it was hand-built by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs’ sister and the team. (asw)
