Roger Fingas
Three items signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs have been sold at auction, the most lucrative being a teenage job application which went for roughly $174,757, including the buyer's premium.
The winner of the document was an "internet entrepreneur from London" who wants to stay anonymous, RR Auction said on Friday. Jobs filled out the application in 1973 at the age of 18, in some cases using extremely vague answers, such as "Reed College" for his address, and "electronics tech or design engineer. digital.— from Bay near Hewitt-Packard" to describe his special abilities.
Jobs soon ended up working at Atari alongside Steve Wozniak. Apple would be founded a few years later, in 1976.
A "Mac OS X Administration Basics" manual sold at the auction for about $41,807, while a 2008 WWDC article from the Palo Alto Daily Post raked in $26,950. All three items went for well above their estimated values, which were $50,000, $25,000, and $15,000, respectively.
Jobs only rarely gave out his autograph, and even when he did, reluctantly. He died in October 2011.
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“Possible, but not probable”.
I can use this everywhere.
Proof that some people have more money than than should.
That application would be perfect artifact for new campus. Inspiring to all. Cheers to winning bidder. Hope it ends up w Apple eventually
Sad thing is that an application like this would never make it past the first (computerized) level of HR screening at Apple- or Wal-Mart today. Years ago the interview was where you could find diamonds in the rough and hire people who did not look special on a CV. Today only a handful ever get the call back for an interview.