During the very first presentation of the NeXt Cube in Boston in 1988, Steve Jobs, then fired from Apple, signed a contract to Charles Mann who was then present to record Jobs' technical presentation. Originally this recording was intended to go into the Powersharing series made by Mann and which retraces (on audio cassettes) the history of computing from 1982 to 1991.
In total, there are now 134 recordings that Mann has decided to sell at auction. Inside these, the voices of Steve Jobs, but also Steve Wozniak and other personalities who will make Apple history such as John Sculley and Bill Atkinson, the father of macOS.
Carried out by RR Auctions, this online auction is a fantastic way to immerse yourself in the history of the Cupertino company, and the story of its most famous leader, Steve Jobs. According to the Fast Company information site, several unpublished pieces in addition to these recordings will be for sale.
A collection that tells the story
This will particularly be the case for a signature from Steve Jobs, a very rare item because Jobs did not like to do autographs. Mann, now 88 years old, decided to make this sale so that the pieces from his collection are accessible. Among the potential buyers, many libraries and universities are jostling.
As for the auction itself, it is already open and will end on August 18. Mann has already announced that another sale will take place in the coming months. The latter should concern other pieces in its collection and return to another part of the history of computing and new technologies, at the turn of the millennium.
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