A NeXT ID Polaroid of Steve Jobs, and his famous bomber jacket
An auction selling a selection of Steve Jobs memorabilia has opened, with potential bidders able to spend thousands on checks, polaroids, and even a bomber jacket connected to the Apple co-founder.
Apple memorabilia continues to be a major draw for collectors, and items involving Steve Jobs are always popular. In RR Auction’s Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution auction, there are 278 items up for sale, including some directly related to the late co-founder and CEO.
The list of Jobs-specific lots is headed up by the “Middle Finger to IBM” leather bomber jacket. Made by Wilkes Bashford, it was worn by Jobs in an iconic 1983 photograph where he flipped the bird to an IBM sign.
Currently at over $27,000 at the time of publication, the jacket is estimated to fetch more than $75,000.
The list of items includes a few signed checks from 1976, which are anticipated to exceed $25,000 apiece when bids close. Photographs are also up for sale, including Polaroid shots for NeXT ID badges featuring Jobs and founding employees, thought to reach over $10,000 in value.
Jobs isn’t the only Apple CEO to appear in the listings. Current CEO Tim Cook also features, but with somewhat lower-priced items.
A Tim Cook signed photograph of his Time 100 image can be yours for an estimated $500. One featuring Cook and musician Dave Grohl signed by both men has already blown past its $500 estimate.
Other lots in the list include an Apple Lisa computer with “Twiggy” drives, a ProFile hard drive, and associated software and manuals valued at $80,000. Meanwhile an Apple-1 computer that was gifted by Jobs and Steve Wozniak to Apple’s first applications engineer is estimated at $300,000.
First-generation sealed iPhones have estimates of $20,000 for the 8GB model, $80,000 for the rarer 4GB version.
RR Auctions will be running the auctions until August 22, with the “30 Minute Rule” starting from 7 PM EDT on that day.
