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Steve Jobs Employment Questionnaire Sold for $174,757 at Auction
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And a lot of people think spending Apple prices is way too much "play money" as well. It is all relative to one's income and interest.
English Lit? Interesting. I'm two years older than Mr. Jobs. Am dyslexic like Jobs. Majored in History, minored in science. Did programing and wanted a job with H.P. when they still produced test equipment. My first post-college job app looked as weak as his did. LOL!
Would anyone like to buy my first job application for $174,756?
Would anyone like to buy my first job application for $174,756?
I make it a habit not to mentally "spend other people's money," but I have personally never understood the value in autographs.
Which is basically what these are. They're not art or hand-drawn schematics of something Steve was working on. It's interesting. Maybe the people who bought them will eventually put them in some sort of tech museum.
Which is basically what these are. They're not art or hand-drawn schematics of something Steve was working on. It's interesting. Maybe the people who bought them will eventually put them in some sort of tech museum.
The job application isn't an autograph. It wasn't even signed. It's a historical document. Oddly enough, nobody seems to be particularly interested in where he was applying for work, which I would have thought produced all of the value and interest in the document. Provenance is usually everything with these sorts of collectables, but not in this case apparently.
Laugh if you like at the money spent in this auction, but 175 grand isn't what it used to be. Time was when that kind of money could buy you 700,000 cups of coffee. Now all it gets you is an old job application.
...or $1,200 for a cell phone.
I would have a much easier time spending $1000 on an iPhone than I would a $174,000 for a Steve Jobs document.
That’s because it’s your choice. Others look deeper for a connection lost. $175,000 was a good buy.
I’d say someone who has that much disposable income is far from stupid.
Apparently smarter enough then me and you to have toy money like the buyer have.
I’ll trade you a sheet of paper for 175,000 pieces of green paper. I also can take credit cards. You can even use Apple Pay cash
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He printed his name. The manual has an actual autograph on it, and it sold for a lot less! Go figure!
Wasn't he studying calligraphy at Reed? I remember something about that in his 2005 Stanford commencement address.
[doublepost=1521245902][/doublepost]Was this an application for Atari or another company?
