Steve Jobs’ ID badge, first-gen iPhone: Here are the rarest Apple items being auctioned off

The auction items serve as markers of Apple’s evolution, from being under Job’s leadership to now. “These items not only highlight the technological advancements of the time but also underscore the culture of innovation that Jobs and his contemporaries fostered,” RR auction added.

What are some of the Apple items you can bid on?

One of the most unique Apple products that has been listed on the auction house’s website is the Apple-1 computer board which has been restored to working condition. It was more than just one of the first personal computers that didn’t require end-user soldering.

Steve Jobs sold 50 Apple-1 computers to Paul Terrell, the owner of personal computer retail store Byte Shop, and it is said that the money from that sale was reinvested into the company, essentially launching Apple’s manufacturing ambitions.

While pitching to Terrell, Jobs had included polaroids of the Apple-1 prototype in his presentation and these photos are also being auctioned off. The prototype itself was bought by the highest bidder for $677,000 in 2022.

Meanwhile, the Apple-1 computer is estimated to fetch at least $300,000. And to think that Steve Jobs was about to throw away the board along with other items when moving offices back in 1978. It is thanks to a then-Apple employee, who fished it out of the soon-to-be-discarded items pile with Jobs permission, that the item still exists today.

Aside from the Apple-1 computer, checks signed by the late cofounder, his ID badge from NeXT (the company Jobs started after being ousted from Apple), and his brown leather jacket with an interesting backstory are also part of the auction.