Newsweek z autografem Jobsa sprzedany na aukcji
Jak donosi serwis CNET, na aukcji zorganizowanej przez dom aukcyjny RR Auction House sprzedany został, wydany w 1988 roku, egzemplarz magazynu Newsweek. To co czyni go wyjątkowym to podpis Steve’a Jobsa na okładce.
Czasopismo sprzedane zostało za 50587 dolarów, około trzykrotnie więcej niż szacowali eksperci. Warto dodać, że cena wywoławcza wynosiła „zaledwie” 1000 dolarów.
Poprzednia właścicielka, Diane Williams, zdobyła podpis Jobsa w październiku 1988 roku podczas premiery komputera NeXT. Pracowała wówczas jako starszy kupiec w firmie Lotus Development Corp.
Początkowo Jobs nie chciał zgodzić się na podpisanie Newsweeka. Williams poprosiła go zatem aby napisał coś od serca. Jobs uśmiechnął się, napisał „I love manufacturing”, co przetłumaczyć można jako „kocham produkcję” i podpisał się nad tym zdaniem.
Autografy Jobsa to rzadkość, ponieważ często odmawiał on swoim fanom złożenia podpisu na różnych przedmiotach. Pamiątki takie, jak opisywane egzemplarz Newsweeka, są zatem niezwykle cenne.
Źródło: AppleInsider za CNET
Tutaj Steve Jobs żartuje, że nie złoży podpisu:
Ciekawa historia z komentarza do filmu: „For those attacking Steve Jobs for not signing autographs, a little non-video, non-PR FYI: A 4th generation iPod Shuffle, apparently signed by Steve Jobs himself, is for sale on eBay. The signature on the iPod is similar to Jobs's signature, but the item doesn't include any guarantee or certificate of authenticity, though the seller does offer this story for how the signature was obtained: As part of a "innovators of tomorrow" program, myself and a 3 of my colleagues were invited to attend an in-house Apple event. Before hand, we received complimentary Apple products, including an iPod Shuffle and iTunes credits. As usual, the topics covered touched base on were a number of Apple's latest innovations, as well as a sneak peak to future plans. After the conference, we were given the opportunity to talk with Steve himself about the shift in technology to more companion-oriented devices. As the discussion wrapped up, one person in our group asked if Steve would mind signing our iPods.
As the conversation went: "I hear you're not really one to give autographs, but I just gotta ask....will you sign my iPod? It's fine if you don't want to. I'm not normally one to even ask for autographs". Steve: chuckling "it's quite alright. You heard that about me?? well I wouldn't say that I don't like giving autographs, I guess I was never comfortable with the idea solely taking credit for something, which is to me what an autograph might imply. To be honest, I think I'm the last person who should sign something. A writer signing a book I can understand, but I think if anybody within our company should sign something, it should be members from our R&D team and all the others responsible for product innovation. It's unfortunate that they all can't receive the same level recognition. But I suppose it's easier this way though??....you would need a pretty big iPod to fit all those signatures".
He was very candid and very down to earth. To my knowledge, we were the only ones lucky enough to get Steve's ever-so-rare signature.”