Steve Jobs Memo And Apple I Motherboard Go For $400,000 At Auction. Burning Money!

People who can be wasting money are tots wasting money on some Steve Jobs memorabilia. I mean, who wouldn’t want to fork over nearly half a milli for a motherboard and a memo?

The Verge:

Two pieces of early Apple memorabilia have sold for twice their estimated price. Sotheby’s auctioned off one of the last remaining Apple I motherboards, which were sold in 1976 for $666.66, for $374,500; it was originally estimated to net up to $180,000. The motherboard came with an original Apple I manual, a programming guide, and a cassette interface sold as a $75 accessory. Only 200 of the computers were ever made, and Sotheby’s says that this motherboard one of six that still works among the 50 now known to exist. A non-working one sold for around $200,000 in 2010, but interest in Apple has grown along with the company and after the passing of Steve Jobs.

Likewise, a four-page memo written by Jobs sold for $27,500, almost twice the expected $15,000. The papers detailed how Jobs’ supervisor Stephen Bristow could improve Atari’sWorld Cup Football. Sotheby’s said that at least three people bid on the memo, and the motherboard’s sale escalated into a bidding war between two parties. Neither buyer has been revealed.

Even after his passing, the Cult of Steve remains strong.