Quite recently an Apple I computer was for sale, and it was offered to Steve Jobs. Who said something like: "Why should I buy it? It was hard enough to sell the first time!"
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Apple's Original Corporate Papers Heading to Auction, Could Fetch $150,000
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Quite recently an Apple I computer was for sale, and it was offered to Steve Jobs. Who said something like: "Why should I buy it? It was hard enough to sell the first time!"
My sentiment exactly. I love Apple's products, but only somebody who views Apple as a religion (like the stereotype that others make of us Apple fans) would view these documents as worth much more than the paper they are written on.
I would love to have a letter from George Washington framed and hanging in my library to show off and tell the story behind it to friends. But who is going to care if you have the original incorporation documents for Apple Computer? I think people would just look at you like you were stupid when they found out what you paid for those documents.
I honestly thought this document would be worth more. Apple is one of the largest companies of our times, and Steve Jobs just recently passed away. But I'm sure somebody's going home happy with a piece of history.
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As I read it, it would seem that these are likely orignal documents but each of the 3 men involved would have a set. So these may not be so rare if the Steves had copies too. Apple may have Jobs' copy already.
I'm guessing there are at least 3 sets out there.
Why would Wayne of all people have the only set?
I'm guessing there are at least 3 sets out there.
Why would Wayne of all people have the only set?
Poor Ron. That 10% would be worth $2.6b today.
10% would be worth about $35b at today's prices
Steve's widow should buy it, she has the money
Steve's widow should buy it, she has the money
I wonder who's going to pay 150k? a museum, maybe? or the ultimate apple fan?
Steve's widow should buy it, she has the money
Because all historians and tech fans are religious zealots.
While i would likely find something more interesting to myself to buy for that kind of money i would rather own a document like this than something from a dead foreign leader.
Uh.... they're the incorporation papers for Apple. I think you missed the Apple part. If you don't understand the significance of Apple in tech culture (and culture at large) for the past 30+ years, then just say so.
This post didn't make any sense. "Most unfortunate" is not pc for "bad businessmen", it has nothing in common. Calling someone a fool is also strange if you think that he was just a product of an unfortunate circumstance. He was getting involved with two kids that didn't have a penny to their name. He wasn't just plopping down a bit of change and then no longer had a vested interest in the company, by having money (and being the only one that has it in the trio) you will be the one providing future financial support till the company is off the ground enough to find investors. He may have made a big mistake in hindsight but he didn't have a crystal ball.
Those who don't want to spend $150,000 for a bit of Apple history can buy Ron Wayne's book, Adventures of an Apple Founder, instead. That'll run you only $15.
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It's true. It's fun to rag on the guy for missing the opportunity of a lifetime, but he couldn't have known. Right now there are probably hundreds of small companies worth about $50,000. Some of them will be the next Apple, or Google, or Exxon-Mobile. Good luck finding them in the sea of companies that will likely fail.
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It's true. It's fun to rag on the guy for missing the opportunity of a lifetime, but he couldn't have known. Right now there are probably hundreds of small companies worth about $50,000. Some of them will be the next Apple, or Google, or Exxon-Mobile. Good luck finding them in the sea of companies that will likely fail.
His signature was of course in keeping with his high opinion of himself that he did not have to conform to normal rules. Similar to the no license plates on his car, his lack of personal hygiene and his belief that he could cure his cancer unconventionally. It helped him fashion products that were really different, but not exactly good behavior for the masses to follow. One has to be extremely good and lucky to survive by being a total nonconformist. Indeed in the end, his nonconforming ideals may have shortened his life.
Wayne first sells his 10% share in Apple for a total of $2300, resisted any attempts by Jobs to get him to return to Apple, then later sells the original docs to a manuscript dealer for probably pennies on the dollar when they are now worth 6 figures. Some people just have an unlucky dark cloud following them their entire lives.
Guess there is quite a bit of nostalgic value of being a part of it all at the very beginning, especially since he's outlived Jobs.
Guess there is quite a bit of nostalgic value of being a part of it all at the very beginning, especially since he's outlived Jobs.
You might consider his life having a dark cloud - but that doesn't me HE thinks so. Maybe he's living a very contented life that is rich in many other ways. Not everyone is in pursuit of material wealth. And not all success is measured in material wealth.