RR Auction’s Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction celebrates the visionaries who launched the personal computing era. Leading the sale is Apple Computer check No. 1 from 1976—the very first check issued by the company—signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and issued to Apple-1 designer Howard Cantin, marking Apple’s transition from idea to enterprise. The second centerpiece is the legendary Apple-1 “Celebration” prototype board, the earliest known fiberglass Apple-1 and a pre-production board used to validate the Apple-1 design prior to commercial release, regarded by experts as “board number zero.” The auction also features the personal collection of Steve Jobs’s stepbrother John Chovanec, comprising artifacts gifted directly by Jobs and preserved for decades within the family, offering an intimate view of his formative years. Additional highlights include a fully functional Apple Lisa-1 with original Twiggy drives and complete accessories, and a first-generation 4GB iPho
