Overview
- The online RR Auction sale of Steve Jobs memorabilia is live now and scheduled to close on January 30.
- Headline lots include the earliest known Apple‑1 prototype with a $50,000 starting bid and an estimate above $500,000, plus the first Apple check starting at $25,000 with a similar estimate.
- Several items open at notably low levels, such as a Jobs‑owned Apple‑1 Byte Shop wooden case at $500 (estimated $5,000) and his garage desk at $5,000 (estimated $25,000+).
- The catalog spans personal effects like Jobs’s high‑school bow ties to obscure Apple‑1 parts, including a heatsink and ribbon cable valued largely for his ownership.
- Wired identifies Jobs’s stepbrother John Chovanec as a key consignor, and a $500 check in the sale went to board designer Howard Cantin, who recalls choosing payment over Apple stock.