RR Auction: Apple, Jobs, and Computer Hardware

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This specially curated computer history auction brings to light the 'lost' "Apple Computer A" prototype, used by Steve Jobs to demonstrate the Apple-1 and secure Apple Computer Co.'s first big order in 1976. This is a remarkable discovery of Steve Jobs's own Apple-1 prototype, which resided on the ‘Apple Garage’ property for many years before being given by Jobs to its current owner approximately 30 years ago. The rest of the auction chronicles the rise of Apple, with early Steve Jobs autographs, significant examples of innovative hardware (from the Macintosh to the iPhone), a remarkable swatch archive from Apple's 'color guru,' and several items affiliated with Steve Wozniak. The sale goes on to represent the boundary-pushing rivalry between Apple and Microsoft—highlighted by a TRS-80 Model 100 owned and used by Bill Gates—as well items from several other personal computing pioneers and revolutionaries.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Douglas Engelbart Signed Stamp Block5050 - Douglas Engelbart Signed Stamp Block
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Complete block of forty 32-cent "Computer Technology" postage stamps, signed across the center in black felt tip, "Doug Engelbart.&qu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Lee Felsenstein's (2) Expander Manuals (c. 1981)5051 - Lee Felsenstein's (2) Expander Manuals (c. 1981)
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Two Expander manuals from the collection of personal computer pioneer Lee Felsenstein, an original member of the Homebrew Computer Club who designed m
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Community Memory Developmental Hardware: North Star Floppy Drives, Controller Board, and Cables5052 - Community Memory Developmental Hardware: North Star Floppy Drives, Controller Board, and Cables
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Remarkable collection of hardware used in the development of the Community Memory project, the first public computerized bulletin board system. All pi
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Bill Gates Personally-Used TRS-80 Model 100 Computer with Autograph Note Signed5053 - Bill Gates Personally-Used TRS-80 Model 100 Computer with Autograph Note Signed
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Incredible TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer that was personally used by Microsoft founder Bill Gates when he was an active software developer in the
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Bill Gates Document Signed5054 - Bill Gates Document Signed
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Important DS, signed “William H. Gates,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 30, 1988. Gates consents to t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Microsoft 'One Giga Buck' In-House Gag Currency5055 - Microsoft 'One Giga Buck' In-House Gag Currency
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Rare Microsoft Corporation in-house gag currency for “One Giga Buck,” 6.25 x 2.5, issued as a se
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Bill Gates: CIO Magazine Addressed to His Microsoft Office5056 - Bill Gates: CIO Magazine Addressed to His Microsoft Office
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Issue of CIO magazine from May 1, 2006, obtained from the reception waiting area outside Bill Gates’s office at Microsoft
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Dan Bricklin Document Signed5057 - Dan Bricklin Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 19, 1985. Bricklin consents to the release of his lecture, 'The Story of VisiCalc,' given at NYPC (NY IBM ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Computer Games: Hawkins, Russell, Crawford, Bunten, etc. (12) Documents Signed5058 - Computer Games: Hawkins, Russell, Crawford, Bunten, etc. (12) Documents Signed
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Twelve documents signed by pioneers, developers, and thinkers in the computer and video game industries, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1985 to 1
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Michael Dell Document Signed5059 - Michael Dell Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 27, 1988. Dell consents to the release of his lecture, 'PCs Limited: The Dell Computer Company,' given before ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Artificial Intelligence: Minsky, Leary, Selfridge, Kurzweil, etc. (11) Documents Signed5060 - Artificial Intelligence: Minsky, Leary, Selfridge, Kurzweil, etc. (11) Documents Signed
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Eleven documents signed by innovators and thinkers in the area of artificial intelligence, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1983 to 1988, all being
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Microcomputers: Felsenstein, Solomon, Blankenbaker, and Truong5061 - Microcomputers: Felsenstein, Solomon, Blankenbaker, and Truong
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Four documents signed by influential personal computer hardware pioneers, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated 1986, all being releases for Charles Mann&#...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Regis McKenna (4) Documents Signed5062 - Regis McKenna (4) Documents Signed
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Four DSs, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated 1986 and 1989. McKenna consents to the release of his lectures, 'Establishing Market Share in a Worldwi...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Robert Metcalfe Document Signed5063 - Robert Metcalfe Document Signed
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DS, signed “Robert M. Metcalfe,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 27, 1987. Metcalfe consents to the rele
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Akio Morita Document Signed5064 - Akio Morita Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 6, 1985. Morita consents to the release of a talk given as part of a Harvard IT series on March 6, 1985, as part of Char
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Roach Document Signed5065 - John Roach Document Signed
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DS, signed “John V. Roach,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 30, 1987. Roach consents to the releas
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stephen Hawking: Klatt and Tetschner (2) Documents Signed5066 - Stephen Hawking: Klatt and Tetschner (2) Documents Signed
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Two documents signed by the creators of DECtalk, the speech synthesizer utilized and made famous by Stephen Hawking, each one page, 8.5 x 11, Septembe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Adam Osborne Document Signed5067 - Adam Osborne Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 2, 1987. Osborne consents to the release of his lecture, 'Adam Osborne Predicts…,' given b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alvy Ray Smith Document Signed5068 - Alvy Ray Smith Document Signed
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 29, 1990. Smith consents to the release of his lecture, 'Renderman and Desktop Visualization,' given at the Bo...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Spreadsheets: Bricklin, Frankston, and Kapor (3) Documents Signed5069 - Spreadsheets: Bricklin, Frankston, and Kapor (3) Documents Signed
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Three DSs, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1983 to 1987, all being releases for Charles Mann's 'Powersharing Series.' Signers are: D...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Netscape Stock Certificate5071 - Netscape Stock Certificate
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Scarce unissued specimen stock certificate for the Netscape Communications Corporation, which brought the first commercial web browser to market and w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Vint Cerf (4) Signed Items5072 - Vint Cerf (4) Signed Items
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Four items signed by Cerf: a desirable hand-drawn sketch of the "Internet ca. 1977," showing the gateways, hosts, and stations interconnec...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ted Nelson Self-Published Book: Literary Machines, Edition 87.15073 - Ted Nelson Self-Published Book: Literary Machines, Edition 87.1
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Scarce unsigned book: Literary Machines, Edition 87.1 by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson. Self-published, 1987. Staple-bound softcover, 7.75 x 8.5, 263 p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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