Apple computers cost a lot, but not as much as one tutorial for them. Boston Auction House RR Auction by server CNN sold a manual for the Apple II model signed by the late co-founder of the company Steve Jobs for $ 787,484 (17.17 million crowns).
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The guide is also signed by Mike Markkula, Apple’s first investor and its second CEO. On the page next to the content, the co-founder of the technology giant left a handwritten note: “Julian, your generation is the first to grow up with computers. Go and change the world! Steven Jobs, 1980. “
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Julian Brewer was the son of an entrepreneur who was working on the distribution of Apple products in the UK at the time. Jobs and Markkula were promoting the company there, signing a manual on that occasion.
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I had the manual with me, and only later did I understand how rare it was for Jobs to sign something, let alone write something else.
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“I was sitting in my room playing games on an Apple II computer when my dad called me downstairs to meet some guests. To my amazement, it was Steve Jobs and Mike Markkula. I had the manual with me, and only later did I understand how rare it was for Jobs to sign something, let alone write something else. He got along well with his dad, so I feel like he wrote it carefully, “says Brewer.
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Launched in 1977, the Apple II was the company’s first successful product and is widely regarded as one of the first mass-produced computers. In 1979, the first VisiCalc computer spreadsheet was created for the Apple II, which further increased the computer’s popularity.
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“While the Apple I was designed primarily for enthusiasts and produced less than 200 units, the Apple II really changed the world by allowing approximately six million households and businesses to use personal computers for the first time,” said RR Auction. The sale of Apple II also supported the company’s listing. It was the largest technological IPO of the time.
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The manual was eventually obtained by Jim Irsay, owner of Indianapolis Colts. “When we think about the biggest and most innovative brains of the last two centuries, Steve Jobs must definitely be one of them. He was a person who changed the way people think, do business and communicate on a daily basis, “Irsay said in a statement for the auction hall.
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RR Auction also sold other items related to Jobs and Apple. Among them was a signed letter in which Jobs ironically states: “I’m afraid I’m not giving away autographs.” It sold for $ 479,939 (10.47 million crowns).
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