Overview
- Boston-based RR Auction has launched a 191-lot online sale of early Apple artifacts that is scheduled to conclude in late January.
- The marquee March 16, 1976 Wells Fargo check labeled “No. 1,” signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and issued to Apple‑1 PCB designer Howard Cantin, had reached $161,051 on 10 bids with an estimate of $500,000.
- The Apple‑1 “Prototype Board #0,” described by the auction house as the earliest known fiberglass Apple‑1 prototype, carries an estimate above $500,000 after early bidding around $55,000.
- Lots include personal items consigned by Jobs’s stepbrother John Chovanec, such as a bedroom desk with early paperwork, handwritten notes, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez tapes, and a set of high‑school bow ties.
- Additional highlights include a functional Lisa‑1, a first‑generation iPhone later jailbroken by Geohot, and an Apple‑registered 1989 Jaguar XJS, reflecting a market where authenticated Jobs materials have fetched six‑figure sums.