A collection of Steve Jobs' earliest Apple products and personal memorabilia are up for auction to mark the tech company's 50th anniversary. RR Auction, the Boston-based auction house managing the sales, is now accepting bids on 191 items that include vintage Apple computers, original documents from the company's nascent days and a sizable group of Jobs' childhood belongings, including a set of bowties and Bob Dylan 8-track tapes. Sales opened Tuesday.
Main Idea: Steve Jobs’ childhood items and early Apple products are being auctioned to mark Apple’s 50th anniversary.
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High auction prices for Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak memorabilia mostly benefit collectors and sellers, with little direct help for ordinary households.
The auction could preserve Apple history and remind consumers how early innovation helped shape the devices and jobs people use today.
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