Up for auction at Bonhams in a few weeks with an estimate of US$200,000 - US$300,000: (
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27617/lot/1094/a-macintosh-used-by-steve-jobs-at-next-inc-macintosh-se-computer-cupertino-ca-apple-computer-late-1987/)
QuoteA MACINTOSH USED BY STEVE JOBS AT NEXT, INC.
Macintosh SE Computer, Cupertino, CA, Apple Computer, late 1987, with 20MB internal hard drive, keyboard, mouse and with additional backup hard drive.
Provenance: Given by Steve Jobs to the present owner, an employee at NeXT, Inc.
Has lots of personal files left on it both by Steve and perhaps even Lisa.
Couple other NeXT items too including a Jobs NeXT business card (
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27617/lot/1096/steve-jobs-next-business-card-printed-business-card-51-x-89-mm-redwood-city-next-computer-inc-1990s-with-next-cube-logo/) that I'll be watching to see how much mine is worth :).
Unfortunate they do not seem to have an image of the back of the card in Japanese script.
I was informed by a former XNeXTie buyer beware :
I've seen the steve_jobs@next.com email address used on SJ business cards before, but those were Pixar business cards.
The big error here however is that the email address has a space character between the "next." and the "com".
Sort of as if it was added by some software that treated the period character as the end of a sentence and incorrectly added a space, screwing up the email address in the process.
While someone at NeXT might have made these cards for Steve, I seriously doubt he would have ever handed them out with such an error.
Also, the name "Steve Jobs" on the card is unusual. His cards usually had "Steven Jobs" or "Steven P. Jobs" on them.
-M
Quote from: Rob Blessin Black Hole on October 10, 2022, 03:00:36 PMThe big error here however is that the email address has a space character between the "next." and the "com".
Sort of as if it was added by some software that treated the period character as the end of a sentence and incorrectly added a space, screwing up the email address in the process.
While someone at NeXT might have made these cards for Steve, I seriously doubt he would have ever handed them out with such an error.
Agreed, I was worried about that formatting issue too. Figured an auction house like that might have done some verification/authentication though. I'm pretty sure my card doesn't look like that, I'll have to dig it out.
UPDATE: Oh hey, it was easier to find than I anticipated. Mine looks exactly like the NeXT one in the photo in the auction in this story which is completely different from the Bonham's auction:
https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-your-chance-to-own-steve-jobs-business-cards-2015-4Which is good to see. I don't have any provenance for mine to authenticate, but have a couple other people's cards that look exactly the same as well.
UPDATE 2: I looked through my NeXT business cards again and found one that does almost match the Bonham's SJ one, but it's for a regional sales guy out of Indiana. Same design/layout though on this one the email address doesn't have the weird spacing issue.
Hello Adam Stackhouse: I want to seriously Question the Authenticity of the Steve Jobs Business card , attached is a photo of a real one.
Answer:
Hi Rob,
Very cool to see that you sell NeXT hardware. These cards come directly from Jobs' executive assistant. I have no question about their authenticity, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were from a rejected batch.
Best,
Adam
Adam Stackhouse
Senior Specialist
Bonhams
History of Science & Technology
Fine Books & Manuscripts
310.623.2084
####################
Hmmm It would be a hard pass on this item, lol
In my mind, what exactly constitutes a rejected batch
and I guess they let the auction rip tater chip .....
and so how many cards does Jobs former executive assistant have like boxes, crates lol
and it also opens up the question, how many of the rejected batch cloned Jobs Macs are we talking here,
****** "with additional backup hard drive" just saying "cavaet emptor".
From: Rob Blessin Black Hole , Inc <bhi1@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 8:09 PM
To: Adam Stackhouse <adam.stackhouse@bonhams.com>
Subject: I'm questioning the Authenticity of the STEVEJobs NeXT Business Card, enclosed is a photo of a real one.
This message originated from outside your organization
Hello Adam Stackhouse: I want to seriously Question the Authenticity of the Steve Jobs Business card , attached is a photo of a real one.
what i found baffling is that Jobs used a Macintosh SE at all at NeXT
It took some time until NeXT machines were designed and build, so it makes totally sense that he worked with his former "baby" until he got his NeXT(s).
Wow the Mac went for $126k and the business card $4k.
Guess I should move my business card to a safer place!
It would be great if you continue the development of NetxStep. Greetings from Mexico. ;D
I know for certain that steve_jobs@next.com was NOT his email address. When I was at university, I emailed him to say that I wanted to be the NeXT campus rep at my university. It took me several tries to figure out that his email address was steven_p_jobs@next.com. All others bounced. A few weeks later I received an email from someone in the HR department with a job application. 100% true story - my friend (the Apple campus rep) still works for Apple and would confirm.
Quote from: eagle on December 12, 2022, 08:00:55 AMI know for certain that steve_jobs@next.com was NOT his email address.
From stories and artifacts like the Pixar business cards I think there's a good chance that at one point that email address was valid/correct, but also based on your knowledge for instance it wasn't
always the right address.