Steve Jobs’ science fair project and Apple memorabilia up for auction

A significant collection of Apple history and Steve Jobs memorabilia is being offered through RR Auction in the ‘Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction Part Two’.

A centerpiece of the auction is Jobs’ eighth-grade science fair project from February 29, 1968, titled ‘What Is the Silicon-Controlled Rectifier?’. The project, which comes from the personal collection of his stepbrother John Chovanec, includes a 10-page report, hand-drawn circuit diagrams, and a 32-inch plywood display featuring two demonstration circuits.

Other notable items in the sale include: • An Apple P68 ‘Stealth iPod’ development prototype. • A functional 1977 ‘Neumark’ Apple-1 computer. • A factory-sealed first-generation 4GB Apple iPhone. • An Apple Lisa-1 with original ‘Twiggy’ floppy drives. • Various signed items, including business cards, a 1984 Macintosh team letter, and a 1976 Apple Computer Company check.

The auction aims to document Apple’s evolution from its origins in a Los Altos garage to a global technology leader.