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RR Auction: Steve Jobs and the Computer Revolution

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Auction Name Steve Jobs and the Computer Revolution Total Sales (USD) 221,639.00
Auction Date August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 92,900.00
Sale Number #724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 122,600.00
Total Lots 53
Sold Lots 42 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 102,100.00
% of Lots Sold 79.25% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 138,300.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 160.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6001 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Filled Out and Signed 1976 Apple Computer Co. Check No. 6, Listing the Names of the Company's Three Original Founders - "Apple Computer Co., Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak & Ronald Wayne"

 1976 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 87,940.00
6002 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Signed 1978 "Apple Computer Company' Check to IBM - Filled Out Entirely by the Company's Co-Founder

 1976 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 45,125.00
6004 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (7) Apple Business Cards (1997, 1998, and 1999) as "Interim CEO" and "iCEO"

 1997, 1998, and 1999 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,643.00
6143 Elon Musk

Elon Musk Zip2 Business Card (1995)

 1995 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,380.00
6003 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Apple Business Card (c. 1985) with Miscellaneous Group of (18) Apple Computer Business Cards - From the Estate of Chuck Colby

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,675.00
6145 Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Google: Larry Page and Sergey Brin Signed Check

 1999 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,375.00
6138 Douglas Engelbart and Ted Nelson

Douglas Engelbart and Ted Nelson Signed Book - What the Dormouse Said (Signed by 20+ Industry Figures and Computer Scientists)

 2005 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,120.00
6146 Sergey Brin

Google: Sergey Brin Signed Check to Budget Movers, Marking Google's Transition Into Its First Office Space

 1999 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,130.00
6141 Elon Musk

Elon Musk Signed Tesla Model S Quick Guide

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,434.00
6006 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs: Macworld Magazine Premiere Issue (February 1984)

 1984 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,336.00
6148 Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Signed Magazine - "Customers rule!"

 1999 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,033.00
6092

Apple Macintosh 'The Macintosh Spirit' Lithograph by Jean-Michel Folon - From the Collection of Clement Mok

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,746.00
6128 Paul Rand

Steve Jobs: NeXT Poster Designed by Paul Rand (1986) - From the Collection of Clement Mok

 1986 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,505.00
6027

Apple Computer Final Draft 'LISA Hardware Manual' (1982)

 1982 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,503.00
6147 Larry Page

Google: Larry Page Signed Check to Exodus, an Early Web Hosting/Data Center Provider

 1999 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,503.00
6094

Apple Creative Services Archive of (60+) Marketing and Promotional Materials and Publications - From the Collection of Ron Fernandez

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,445.00
6011

Apple-1 Computer Operation Manual (German Authorized Reproduction, ca. 1992)

 ca. 1992 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,386.00
6154

Byte Magazine Collection (40+), with Early Foundational Issues (1975-1986)

 1975-1977. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,381.00
6156

Transistor Inventors: Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain Signatures

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,276.00
6153

West Coast Computer Faire First (7) Conference Proceedings Books

 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,126.00
6093

Apple 1984 Annual Report and (6) Photographs of Jim Henson, Maya Lin, and 'The Fathers of Mac' - From the Collection of Clement Mok

 1984 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,880.00
6008 Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak Oversized Signed Photograph

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,683.00
6152

Altair 8800: Popular Electronics Magazine from January 1975 - CGC 5.0 (OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages)

 1975 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,251.00
6110

Apple Computer Collection of (26) Promotional Items

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,059.00
6013 Ron Wayne

Ron Wayne's Apple II Advance Order Information Brochure

 1977 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,004.00
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    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
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