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Apple Fans Bidding on Autographed 1st Issue of Macworld
Craigtay writes "Some Apple fans are opening their wallets to buy an old magazine, but not just any old magazine. This first edition of Macworld, which was released in 1984 (and apparently contains an interview with Bill Gates), is signed by Steve Jobs. The bidding is currently above the $2,000 mark. News.com has done a news story here and click here for the eBay page." Thats ummm.... special? It amuses me that the reserve isn't met yet either. ;)
from the you-can't-make-this-stuf-up dept
Still not as ridiculous as the $10,000 Darth Vader action figure (or the infamous ass kicking) on eBay.
its Noah Wyle
your magazine is worthless
...I had toyed with the idea of bidding on this as something to do with my bonus check from work-- but man, all the publicity has driven up the price wildly-- my bonus would still cover it, but I've got otehr things I'll get more use from than a magazine that I'd put in a lucite case and mount on the wall.
Still, I did expect this to go for over $1000. Jobs is known to rarely if ever sign autographs, and the double-whammy of the first-ever issue of MacWorld being what he autographed makes this item a crown jewel for anyone who collects Apple memorabilia.
Checking the bid history, there's only about three or four people who seem really interested in hooking this fish. The last 15 or so minutes should be interesting to watch, unless someone zooms in and snipes it at the last second with an outrageous bid.
I'm no handwritting expert, but comparing the signature from this SEC filing to the one on the cover of the magazine seems to show it's a fake.
...but without meeting the reserve.
Either the seller is on crack for setting a reserve of probably $2500-$3000, or he doesn't really want to sell it but just wanted an idea of what it would go for.
That skmccarty guy who was bidding appears to be a serious autograph collector, judging by what he's purchased recently from eBay. I'm glad he didn't get it-- if this item were to be sold, I'd rather it go to an Apple fan, not just some autograph collector.
If I had to venture a guess, I'd say the magazine is probably set to sell at $2500, the cost of The Original Macintosh itself.
ummm, that auction ended about 10 minutes ago (10:13am PST), and didn't meet the reserve price.
Mmmm, I wonder if I can get Bob Young to sign my first issue of Linux Journal at Linuxworld in NYC and sell it on Ebay. Would it even be worth anything?
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eeww, I'll have a crab juice.
He signed it, no fuss, and I shook his hand. He's just a hell-of-nice guy.
Another fellow brought his Disk ][ and had it signed.
Still, I don't think either of will be attempting to sell these off anytime soon.
BTW: an issue 1 of Macworld is currently going for about $40 on eBay.
...and yet that had nothing at all to do with the story Anyways, yeah...attempting to buy magazine 1 of Macworld with Jobs' signature on it for around $2500 just goes to show how loyal mac folks are...and I'm sure even the non-mac folks are looking forward to the next Macworld, just to see how they're going to one-up pc's yet again
Is the signature legit? Yea, probably... the real question is: is this story legit! I wonder what the relationship between Craigtay and the eBay seller is... Good advertising, though... Of course, if someone wanted to submit this story legitamitly, and without the appearence of such a conflict, you could simple do it after the auction closed - but then you wouldn't get /.ers bidding up the price. Ah, online auctions (sniff).
You should see what I paid for a vial of Steve Jobs' semen in late 2001.
And yes it's really semen, one ejaculation's worth. I tasted a little.
I don't really know if it's Steve's, but the woman who sold it to me said she was 100% sure.
It does seem to give off a little of Steve's power when I hold it near. Which I do often, though usually I keep it in the freezer.
Anyway, I hope I can use it to make more Steves someday, if he ever passes away (which I hope he doesn't).
Time to caress my new Xserve and generate some of my own semen, if you know what I mean. I love Macs. Very much.
Apple: Proudly going out of business for over 20 years
T Money
World Domination with a plastic spoon since 1984
You can get more from any Mac user; just ask them to spit.
One-up pc's yet again?
Perhaps you forgot the slashdot article that pointed to this review.
Sure, Macs are on a higher level than PCs when it comes to one thing -- price.
I have a sneaky feeling that the reserve might have been set rediculously high because the seller might not have ever had a signed copy of Macworld to begin with. Anyone can get post photos of something they don't own.
funny...
but it's not signed by Jobs. I've heard this issue is pretty rare and valuable on its own, but surely not in the >$2k range. I wonder what it is worth unsigned? I also have some issue #1s of other early mags like Kilobaud Microcomputing, I hear that one goes for insane money (well, not compared to $2k though). Hell, I've got all kinds of vintage stuff, like the highly-sought Macintosh "Picasso" crystal display sign in mint condition, only given to the first Mac dealers. Redlightrunner has one for sale for $1k. I keep wondering if I should try to sell this stuff now (I really need the money) or wait a bit longer for vintage computer collectables to rise even more. I have a car worth $200 but Apple collectables worth maybe thousands. Hmmm.. what to do...