A ton of Apple memorabilia is up for auction, including Steve Jobs 8th grade science project
A large collection of Apple memorabilia has gone up for auction, including a sealed first-generation iPhone , a prototype iPod , and Steve Jobs' 8th grade science fair project .
The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction Part Two is currently live on RR Auction , featuring 212 items primarily from the tech giant's history.
Marking half a century since Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple in the former's California home, the auction provides a look at a few early iterations of gadgets that are now ubiquitous in the U.S.
SEE ALSO: Original iPod prototype was almost as big as a MacBook Among these is an iPod development prototype , labelled the "Stealth iPod." This prototype allowed engineers to work on refining iPod's hardware and software, while still obfuscating the gadget's design during its secret development.
The Stealth iPod is thus considerably larger than the version that went into production, measuring in at 8.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches.
Also up for auction are various documents and paraphernalia from throughout Apple's history, including bank statements from the year it was founded , a 1976 cheque Jobs made out to a circuit board manufacturer , and a few signs and displays featuring the old rainbow Apple logo.
Credit: Mashable Composite: RR Auction Some of the items for sale come from Steve Jobs' stepbrother John Chovanec, whose mother Marylin married Jobs' father Paul in 1990 — five years after Jobs was ousted from Apple .
Chovanec told RR Auction that while Paul had proudly preserved memorabilia from across his son's life and career, Jobs had been disinterested in keeping them after he died in 1993.
As such, Jobs allowed Chovanec to take them instead.
"I told him several times about the school project display and that my mom really wanted him to have it," said Chovanec .
"Steve would tell me to leave it where it was [at the family's California home].
I finally told him my mom was adamant as it was stressing her out so if he wasn't going to take it, I was going to take it to my house.
This was the first time I had debated with Steve and received an intense look from him.
He responded, 'Fine, but I don't want to be bothered about it again.'" Chovanec thus held on to Jobs' 8th grade Cupertino Junior High School project on silicon-controlled rectifiers, and has now put it up for sale alongside various other items from the tech exec's life.
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