First Apple Computer Trade Sign, Wozniak Tool Box to Be Auctioned – Yahoo Finance
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On January 27, 2023 Maryland auctioneers Alexander Historical Auctions, known internationally for their sale of historical objects, will be offering the first trade sign used by the world’s largest company, Apple, Inc., at trade shows and at its corporate offices in the start-up company’s first few years of operation in the mid-1970s.
The sign, almost nine feet long, is made of opaque white plexiglas with applied lettering and the now-famous multi-colored “apple” logo. It is encased in its original weathered wood frame. The sign once accompanied company founder Steve Jobs at Apple’s first trade show, and then was displayed outside the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters for several years. Once the company’s success was assured and a new sign was delivered, this first “apple computer inc.” sign was salvaged by an Apple engineer, and since 2008 it has been on display at the All About Apple Museum in Savona, Italy. Auctioneer Bill Panagopulos states: “This is undoubtedly the most famous corporate icon of all time, from the very origin of what is now the largest and most respected company in world history.”
In the same sale is another historic Apple relic, the battered toolbox used by co-founder Steve Wozniak in his earliest days with the company. The dented, soiled blue box has a single tray within, and the exterior bears years of scratches, dings, and grime. A very old yellow Dymo label bearing Wozniak’s name is applied to the top. The same engineer at Apple saw the toolbox lying about at Apple for a long period of time. He asked Wozniak about it, and was given the toolbox personally by Wozniak, who at the time of the request no longer had any use for it. Wozniak created the Apple I and Apple II computers in the mid-1970s, and also designed an inexpensive floppy-disk drive controller. This toolbox too was on display with the Apple Computer trade sign, and at the Cupertino Historical Society.
In 1976, Apple Computer Inc. had revenues of $175,000. Today, Apple’s revenue is estimated to be $375,000,000,000, and the company that started in Steve Jobs’ garage has grown to 164,000 employees worldwide.
These historic relics are part of a three-day auction of over 2,000 lots of historic autographs, documents, and military items, including: D-Day maps and orders to the men who first freed the way for those trapped on Omaha Beach; a bronze statue head of Saddam Hussein, recovered from the pitched battle at Baghdad Airport; a bottle of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild from the French Revolution, Afrika Korps Gen. Erwin Rommel’s shoulder boards, Hitler’s signed warning to his armed forces predicting D-Day; an early self-portrait by John Lennon offering a Nazi salute; and much more.
Bidding will be available live, by telephone, and at the auctioneer’s web site.
Bidding is also available at websites invaluable.com and liveauctioneers.com. Alexander Historical Auctions may be reached at 203-276-1570, email: 351467@email4pr.com, website: historyauctioneer.com.
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