GoKawiilSteve Jobs' 1968 science fair project sells for $34,375 at RR Auction
RR Auction closed bidding on an 8th-grade science project Steve Jobs built in 1968 exploring the silicon-controlled rectifier, which included two demonstration circuits and a 10-page report. The item, kept for decades by his stepbrother John Chovanec at the Apple Garage property, sold for $34,375 as part of a larger Apple 50th Anniversary auction.
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The sale reflects continued strong collector demand for early artifacts tied to Jobs and Apple's origins, even items predating the company itself. It also shows how personal, non-corporate memorabilia can command significant sums when linked to tech history's most mythologized figures.
- Jobs' 1968 science fair project on silicon-controlled rectifiers sold for $34,375.
- The item was part of RR Auction's Apple 50th Anniversary sale featuring nearly 150 lots.
- A rare second-batch Apple-1 computer topped the auction at $499,363.
Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" biography — If a middle-school science project selling for tens of thousands makes you curious about the kid who built it, Isaacson's authorized biography is the definitive deep dive. It traces Jobs from his Los Altos garage tinkering days through the founding of Apple, drawing on years of interviews with Jobs himself. A great companion read for anyone following the Apple 50th anniversary memorabilia.
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