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This specially curated computer history auction brings to light the ‘lost’ “Apple Computer A” prototype, used by Steve Jobs to demonstrate the Apple-1 and secure Apple Computer Co.’s first big order in 1976. This is a remarkable discovery of Steve Jobs’s own Apple-1 prototype, which resided on the ‘Apple Garage’ property for many years before being given by Jobs to its current owner approximately 30 years ago. The rest of the auction chronicles the rise of Apple, with early Steve Jobs autographs, significant examples of innovative hardware (from the Macintosh to the iPhone), a remarkable swatch archive from Apple’s ‘color guru,’ and several items affiliated with Steve Wozniak. The sale goes on to represent the boundary-pushing rivalry between Apple and Microsoft—highlighted by a TRS-80 Model 100 owned and used by Bill Gates—as well items from several other personal computing pioneers and revolutionaries.
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New-in-box Pennywhistle 103 modem from the collection of its creator, Lee Felsenstein 5000. Lee Felsenstein’s Pennywhistle 103 Modem Kit. Rare unassembled
Pennywhistle 103 modem kit from the collection of its designer, personal computer pioneer Lee Felsenstein. An original member of the Homebrew Computer Club, Felsenstein also designed multiple important early computers: the Intel 8080-based Sol-20, the first fully assembled microcomputer with a built-in keyboard and television output; and the Osborne 1, the first mass-produced portable computer. The Pennywhistle 103 modem kit is housed in its original box from M&R Enterprises, opened by Felsenstein to verify its complete contents. Includes the printed circuit board, original manual, metal chassis with rubber cups, power cord, and electronic parts including integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, capacitors, resistors, switches, power transformer, speakers, jacks, and connectors. Also includes the original instruction manual, a card advertising an RF Modulator Kit, and a Pacific Telephone leaflet with information about FCC regulations. Also includes a letter of provenance signed by Felsenstein, stating that he received the new-in-box kit in 2018, and a lengthy discussion of the history of the pioneering modem. An early acoustic coupler modem, the Pennywhistle 103 was designed to use the handset of a standard Western Electric phone to transmit and receive data over standard telephone lines. Felsenstein designed it to be both much less expensive and much more reliable than competing products of the era. The modem was announced with much fanfare on the cover of the March 1976 of Popular Electronics. Starting Bid $300
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Alcorn’s original computer-drawn schematic for the Pong ‘Home Edition’ chip
5001. Allan Alcorn: Original Atari Pong ‘Home Edition’ Chip Schematic. Original computer-drawn sche-
matic of the Atari Pong ‘Home Edition’ chip, originally drawn by engineer Allan Alcorn, one page, 18.5 x 18.5, circa 1974, identified in the lower right corner with the Atari logo and copyright number, “75081,” with “HML,” the initials of engineer Harold Lee, present to center. The lower left is marked “AMI, 1226,” the semiconductor company, American Microsystems Inc., which built the prototype ‘Home Pong’ chip. Framed and in fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Alcorn, who explains that with the immense success of Pong at the arcade, the need for a home version was inevitable: “The only way we could do this was to put all the circuitry on a single silicon chip…I put a small team together that included myself, Harold, and my wife and in about six months we had a design…The chip was designed using an Applicon computer-aided design workstation that we rented time on. The plot shows the top metal layer, the Atari logo, and Harold Lee’s initials. This plot was given to me as a gift at the time it was made.” Starting Bid $500
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The workhorse Tektronix 465 Oscilloscope— used by Alcorn and Woz to create the Atari Pong video game and the Apple II personal computer!
5002. Allan Alcorn and Steve Wozniak: Tektronix 465 Oscilloscope Used to Design the Pong Video Game and the Apple II Computer. Atari engineer Al
Alcorn’s Tektronix 465 Dual-Trace 100 MHz Oscilloscope that he used to create the early video game Pong and that he later lent to Apple Computer founder and lead designer Steve Wozniak, who used the machine to develop the Apple II 8-bit home computer. The Tektronix 465 is signed on the bottom in black felt tip, “Used to design Pong and lent to Woz to design Apple II, Al Alcorn.” Untested and in fine cosmetic condition, with a chip to the edge of the display cover, and wear to foam on the back vent. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Alcorn, who explains how, as a 24-year-old electrical engineering graduate, he was whisked away from his first job at Ampex by Nolan Bushnell, who offered him a job as vice president of engineering at what eventually became Atari. “In early 1970 Tektronix introduced a portable, powerful and transistorized
version of their large vacuum tube oscilloscopes called the 465. These oscilloscopes became the standard instrument for digital logic designers and were one of the first purchases that the new Atari made so I could design video games like Pong.” Alcorn details his hiring (and rehiring) of Steve Jobs and the scope’s loaning to Steve Wozniak: “His buddy, Woz, designed a single board computer they called the Apple I but it was too much of a prototype to sell as a personal computer so Woz set about to design the Apple II. He asked me if he could borrow the scope for a while to finish the design so I loaned it to him for a few months and the Apple II was born.” Starting Bid $500
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Unopened Atari Video Music, the world’s first electronic music visualizer
5003. Allan Alcorn: Atari Video Music - Model C240 (Unopened). From the personal collection of Allan Alcorn—a
rare Atari Video Music (Model C240) electronic music visualizer in its original unopened cardboard Atari shipping box, 19˝ x 7.5˝ x 12˝, with sides featuring the company’s early marketing slogan, “Atari, Innovative Leisure,” the model number, “C-240,” the headquarters address, “1265 Borregas Ave., Sunnyvale, CA. 94086,” and one end annotated with a serial number: “S/N 56786–E.” In fine, still-sealed condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Alcorn. Created by Pong designer Robert Brown under the pseudonym Project Mood, the Atari Video Music was released in 1977 as the world’s first commercial electronic music visualizer. Some 45 years since its inception, Video Music has reached cult status amongst early tech collectors as a primitive, short-lived forerunner to the contemporary graphical features now seen across an array of media player platforms. Unopened and deriving from the collection of an Atari legend, this particular Video Music is in a league all its own. Starting Bid $300
5004. Atari: Nolan Bushnell Signed Oversized Photograph. American businessman and electrical engineer (born 1943) who established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News ‘Innovator of the Year’ award, and was named one of Newsweek’s ‘50 Men Who Changed America.’ Color satin-finish 12 x 18 photo of the cover art for the classic 1982 maze video game Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 home video game console, signed above in black felt tip by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. In fine condition, with an affixed PSA label, a slight bend to left side, and light creases to corners. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from PSA. Starting Bid $200
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“Steve Jobs” waxes poetic as a high school junior—“When this you see, remember me, Little else can I say, remember me, as you may”
5005. Steve Jobs Signed 1971 High School Yearbook. Amazing
hardcover 1971 Pegasus yearbook from Steve Jobs’s junior year at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, 8.75 x 11.25, 210 pages. Jobs has signed vertically on page 8 in black ballpoint: “When this you see, remember me, Little else can I say, remember me, as you may. Steve Jobs.” Jobs’s handwritten poem was perhaps inspired by the Henry David Thoreau phrase running along the page’s lower border, “However Measured…or Faraway.” Additionally, Jobs is pictured as a member of the junior class on page 157. In fine condition. A remarkable time capsule keepsake that offers a fascinating glimpse into Jobs’s most developmental years. His poetic addition likewise harkens back to Apple’s iconic 1997 ‘Think Different’ television commercial, a salute to counterculture ideals and to ‘the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes.’ While often misattributed to Jobs—it was created by a collective including Rob Siltanen and Lee Clow—the poem directed its message to the next generation, daring them to look outside the box, because, as the commercial explains: ‘The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.’ Includes a lengthy letter of provenance from the original owner of the yearbook, a high school classmate of Jobs’ at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California; a color 3.5 x 3.5 candid photo of the consignor that dates to a 1972 dinner she had with Jobs; and a photo of the consignor with her father at Jobs’s extravagant 30th birthday party. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $1,000
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Steve Jobs’s original “Apple Computer A” prototype, hand-soldered by Woz in 1976 and used to secure Apple’s first big order 5006. Apple 1 Motherboard Prototype. Historic early prototype example of the computer that started it all—Steve Jobs’s own Apple-1 Computer prototype, hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak on a unique “Apple Computer A” printed circuit board. In 1976, Jobs used this prototype to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world. The demo resulted in Apple Computer’s first big order and changed the course of the company—what Jobs and Woz had conceived as part of a $40 do-it-yourself kit for hobbyists became, at Terrell’s request, a fully assembled personal computer to be sold at $666.66. Wozniak later placed Terrell’s purchase order for fifty Apple-1s in perspective: ‘That was the biggest single episode in all of the company’s history. Nothing in subsequent years was so great and so unexpected.’ The board has been matched to Polaroid photographs taken by Paul Terrell in 1976 showing the prototype in use, first published by Time Magazine in 2012 and also covered by Achim Baqué of the Apple-1 Registry. This Apple-1 prototype, listed as #2 on the Apple-1 Registry and considered ‘lost’ until recently, was examined and authenticated in 2022 by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen. It is accompanied by Cohen’s notarized thirteen-page report. This prototype resided on the ‘Apple Garage’ property for many years before being given by Steve Jobs to its current owner approximately 30 years ago. At that time, Jobs had been ousted from Apple and was looking forward to the promise of NeXT and Pixar. The board’s present condition lends some insight into Jobs’s judgment of it: he saw the prototype not as something to be enshrined, but as something to be repurposed. Several of the ICs have been plucked from their sockets, as have the microprocessor and other components, presumably for use on early production Apple-1 Computers. The board appears to have been damaged by pressure on the upper right, resulting in a crack that runs from adjacent to the power supply area above D12 down through the bottom of the board to the right of A15. The missing piece is presumed to have been discarded, but can be reimagined thanks to Paul Terrell’s photographs of the complete board. One of the distinguishing features of the “Apple Computer A” prototype was its use of three orange Sprague Atom capacitors, rather than the familiar ‘Big Blue’ capacitors used on the production Apple Computer 1.
Differences that remain between this prototype and production Apple-1s include the text on the left side of the board (the prototype reads, “Apple Computer A, © 76,” where the production model reads, “Apple Computer 1, Palo Alto, Ca., Copyright 1976”), and the population of a clock circuit at the top left, which would have allowed the computer to run on Motorola 6800 or MOS 6501 processors. Although the production run of Apple-1 Computer PCBs retained this area (in a rectangle marked “6800 Only”), it was not populated. The production version of the Apple-1 shipped with a 6502 processor, which had an on-chip clock oscillator that rendered the external timing circuit unnecessary. This Apple-1 prototype also lacks the green protective coating and white silkscreen parts labeling found on production Apple-1s. Another important characteristic of this prototype is that it appears to have been hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak, whose unusual ‘three handed’ technique—wire in one hand, soldering iron in the other, and solder held in his mouth—is evident in the tight ‘bubbles’ formed at the soldered connections. Several ‘point to point’ circuit corrections were made on the back of the prototype to make the system functional, and appropriate revisions were incorporated into the first production run of Apple-1 PCBs. The layout of the circuit traces on the prototype board therefore differs from that on the production PCB. Few Apple artifacts could be considered as rare, early, or historic as this Apple-1 prototype, which spent many years on the ‘Apple Garage’ property—a site now entwined in the folklore of American business, where two unlikely heroes founded an empire. Moreover, it is the perfect embodiment of the symbiosis between Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Silicon Valley: the brilliant businessman, the electronics Einstein, and the infrastructure in which they thrived. Without Wozniak, Jobs had no product—he very nearly joined a company marketing balance scales made out of cardboard. Without Jobs, Woz had no market—he had already given away the Apple-1 design to members of the Homebrew Computer Club, and had little interest in exploiting it for profit. Without this prototype, and without Paul Terrell, the Apple-1 might have been ‘just another computer kit.’ It was the summer of ‘76, and a revolution was about to begin. Starting Bid $50,000
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Unique document for an unrealized pre-Apple venture between Steve Jobs and Ron Wayne, subsequently used as scrap paper for electronics schematics 5007. Steve Jobs: 1975 CICO Document with Annotations. Rare and unusual unexecuted contract from the personal papers of Steve Jobs, three pages, 8.5 x 11, circa 1975. The document concerns the “formation of a company specifically organized for the manufacture of cardboard device and instrument kits, and related products, said company to be known by the fictitious name of Cardboard Instrument Company otherwise known, and hereafter referred to as, CICO.”
By this agreement, Steve Jobs and Tod L. Johnson would purchase ownership stakes in the company, recently founded by Ronald G. Wayne and Jeff Bell, for the sum of $1,000 a piece, resulting in 25% equity for each party. With Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Ron Wayne would go on to be a co-founder of Apple Computer in April 1976, receiving a 10% stake in the firm before relinquishing his equity only weeks later for $800. He designed the CICO logo seen at the top of the first page—”Cardboard Instrument Company” lettered in an unfurled banner—and would use the same style for the text in the original ‘Apple Computer Co.’ logo, created a year later. On the back of each page are electronic schematics penned in an unknown hand, evidently demonstrating to Jobs a display circuit for a device connected to a TV. Written twice is “14.31818 MHz,” a common crystal oscillator frequency used to generate a color NTSC television signal; a 14.31818 MHz crystal was also used for the clock circuit in the Apple II motherboard. It is believed that Steve Jobs wrote the musical notations on the lower right corner of the last page, consisting of several musical notes, some deconstructed song-syllables (“tra-fal-de, tra-, la-, da”), and some technical notes (“h/t ohms per second,” “hz/sec.,” and “hz/t”), before an amusing ending: “whee.” A trumpet player in high school, Jobs would have had the musical talent and technical know-how to write these notes in 1975. We suspect that Jobs, after deciding not to join CICO, reduced this unexecuted contract to scrap paper and
used it in the course of his work with Atari or Apple. The consignor was given these papers by Steve Jobs many years ago and has recently been in touch with Ron Wayne on the subject of the Cardboard Instrument Company. Although Wayne recalls little about the specifics of Jobs’s involvement with CICO, he remembers how eager Jobs was to start a company—an ambition that would come to fruition on April 1, 1976, when Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne founded the Apple Computer Company. Wayne has provided original schematic prints for the first proposed CICO product from his own collection: two 23 x 18 prints of the “CICO Balance Scale, Model 001” on unpeeled adhesive-backed glossy paper. The prints have slightly different designs: one imprinted with the names and addresses of Jeff Bell and Ronald G. Wayne, with dollar amounts in the margin; and one with Wayne’s address only. The document is in fine condition with some trivial chipping to edges; and the schematics are rolled and in very good to fine condition, with light rippling. As an early piece involving an unrealized Steve Jobs venture, this document reveals the business acumen, technical aptitude, and playful creativity of one of Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs. Starting Bid $500
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Scarce 1976 Apple Computer Company check filled out and signed by “steven jobs,” paying a local Los Altos copy shop 5008. Steve Jobs Signed 1976 Apple Computer Check. Extraordinary Apple Computer Company check, 6
x 3, filled out and signed by Jobs, “steven jobs,” payable to Village Copy Corner for $5.41, July 14, 1976. Headed “Apple Computer Company,” the check uses Apple’s first official address at “770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto”—the location of an answering service and mail drop that they used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage. Village Copy Corner, located at 300 S. San Antonio Road, was just four miles down the road from the Jobs family home. In very fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder. This exemplary Apple Computer check is the earliest of the three that we have offered—dated July 14, 1976, it was filled out and signed by Steve Jobs one day before he and Woz paid $3,430 to Kierulff Electronics for parts for the Apple-1. That check of July 15th, which we sold in March 2022, achieved over $160,000 at auction. The company had been founded just three months earlier, and they were hard at work building their first product.
Though initially conceived as a kit to be soldered together by the end user—like most enthusiast computers of the era— the Apple-1 became a finished product at the behest of Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world. Terrell offered to buy 50 of the computers—at a wholesale price of $500 a piece, to retail at $666.66—but only if they came fully assembled. With this request, Terrell aimed to elevate the computer from the domain of the hobbyist/enthusiast to the realm of the mainstream consumer. Wozniak later placed Terrell’s purchase order in perspective: ‘That was the biggest single episode in all of the company’s history. Nothing in subsequent years was so great and so unexpected.’ Moreover, this check is connected to Lot #5009, a sales tax exemption card submitted by Jobs to Village Copy Corner at the end of Apple’s first year of business. Although we do not know what Jobs was having copied on July 14th, 1976, we can only surmise that it was something significant to the early history of Apple Computer and likely pertained to the Apple-1—perhaps internal paperwork, Apple-1 advertising flyers, or pages for the Apple-1 Operation Manual. Starting Bid $2,500
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“I am engaged in the business of selling computers”—remarkable “Apple Computer” tax-exemption card filled out and signed by Steve Jobs in 1976 5009. Steve Jobs 1976 Document Signed. Partly-
printed DS, signed “steven jobs,” one page, 5 x 3, December 10, 1976. Remarkable sales tax exemption card submitted by Steve Jobs to Village Copy Corner at the end of Apple Computer Company’s first year in business. Jobs fills out the card in his own hand, notably writing out “Apple Computer” as his firm’s name, and “computers” as its product. The document reads, in part: “I hereby certify, That I hold valid seller’s permit No. SR6H 26-682355 issued pursuant to the Sales and Use Tax Law: that I am engaged in the business of selling computers.” He affirms that the purchased “copies” will “be resold by me in the form of tangible personal property.” At the bottom, Jobs adds his title, “partner,” as well as Apple’s first phone number, “326-4248.” In fine condition, with a piece of clear tape to the upper right corner. Encapsulated in a PSA/ DNA authentication holder. The consignor notes that this was found in the home of his aunt, Elayne Zuber, who, with her husband Jim, owned Village Copy Corner in Los Altos. Located just four miles down the street from the Jobs family home—the site of the garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak famously developed the Apple-1—the shop was evidently frequented by Jobs for all his print-and-copy needs. A signed Steve Jobs check made payable to the copy shop, dated July 14, 1976, is also featured in this sale as Lot #5008. It is probable that this card pertains to an order for the Apple-1 Operation Manual or the Apple Cassette Interface manual, as copies of corporate files or promotional brochures would not
have been tax exempt. To our knowledge, the only “copies” that Apple would have purchased for resale in 1976 are those two manuals—both of which are very much ‘local copy shop’ affairs, printed on plain paper with simple, stapled bindings. It was not until the Apple II that the company produced a more refined, high-end manual, complete with a slick color cover and spiral binding. Little did the Zubers know that the 21-year-old ordering copies in their corner shop would revolutionize communication forever, effectively putting them out of business in the process. The advent of desktop publishing, made practical by products like the Macintosh computer and LaserWriter printer, reduced demand for local copy shops. Then, the onset of the internet rendered the printing industry virtually obsolete. On December 8, 1999, the Los Altos Town Crier announced the shop’s closure amidst the headwinds brought about by their Silicon Valley neighbors: “After 22 years of serving the Los Altos community, Jim and Elayne Zuber will close their Village Copy Corner at 300 S. San Antonio Road this Friday. Chalk up the closing to a sign of the times as a business centered on paper became a victim of an increasingly paperless culture. ‘Our biggest competitor is the consumer,’ said Elayne Zuber. ‘They can print things right at their desk from the computer or put their business on the Internet. Technological advances in software, fax machines, color copies and scanning machines have decreased our business to the point of not being worth continuing.’” Starting Bid $1,000
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Direct from Jobs and his Los Altos ‘Apple garage’
5010. Steve Jobs: Original 1976 Apple-I Cassette Interface Manual. Scarce original Apple Computer Company
user manual for the Apple-1 Cassette Interface (ACI), which was handed to the consignor by Steve Jobs in his Los Altos ‘Apple garage’ in the fall of 1976. The four-page manual, 8.5 x 5.5, contains several sections related to the ACI, including: Introduction, Tape Recorders & Tape, Jumpers, Installation, Using the ACI, Multiple Ranges, Level, and Speed, with the last page featuring a detailed schematic of the ACI. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, a high school classmate of Jobs’ at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. Starting Bid $200
The first Star Wars game ever released
5011. Apple-Produced 1978 Star Wars/Star Trek Game Cassette. Original Apple-produced Star Wars/Star Trek cas-
sette tape game released in 1978 for the Apple II, featuring the unlicensed software “Starwars, P/N A2T0002X” and “Startrek, P/N A2T0002X.” This was the first Star Wars game ever released, casting the player as a ‘space pilot trainee’ who destroys TIE fighters using a first-person heads-up display. The original Star Wars movie had been released only a year earlier, and Apple hoped to capitalize on the Skywalker-mania that gripped the nation. The inclusion of the Star Trek game made this cassette a grand unification of sci-fi fandom. Starting Bid $200
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Circa 1979 Apple Computer business card for Steve Jobs as “Vice President, New Product Development”
5012. Steve Jobs Apple Business Card (c. 1979). Rare circa 1979 Apple Computer, Inc. business card of Steve Jobs, 3.5 x 2, listing him as “Steven Jobs, Vice President, New Product Development.” The off-white card is embossed with the Apple ‘byte’ logo in the upper left, and lists the company’s address at “10260 Bandley Drive, Cupertino California 95014.” In fine condition, with a band of toning to reverse.
As Apple Computer began to take off after the release of the Apple II, larger office space was needed to house its growing operations. In January 1978, Apple moved into its custom-built ‘Bandley 1’ headquarters at 10260 Bandley Drive in Cupertino. The new facility offered office and warehouse space, engineering and demonstration areas, and a manufacturing/production room. Steve Jobs reportedly got his own office because nobody wanted to share one with him, and investor/marketer Mike Markkula also had his own because he sometimes smoked cigarettes while working. Though no longer occupied by Apple, the Bandley 1 space is just blocks away from the current campus at 1 Infinite Loop. Starting Bid $500
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Steve Jobs introduces the NeXT computer at Boston Symphony Hall 5013. Steve Jobs 1989 Document Signed.
Historic DS, signed “steven p. jobs,” one page, 8.5 x 11, February 16, 1989. Jobs consents to the release of the audio of his NeXT demonstration at Boston Symphony Hall on November 30, 1988, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Boldly signed in full at the conclusion in bold ink by Jobs using his legal name, and countersigned in ballpoint by Mann. In fine condition. Accompanied by a transmittal letter on NeXT letterhead, and an earlier original program flyer from Applefest ‘82, held in Boston from May 14–16, 1982, listing Jobs as the keynote speaker. In fine condition. Steve Jobs’s presentation served as the east-coast debut of the NeXT computer, which had premiered a month earlier in San Francisco on October 12, 1988, during a lavish, invitationonly gala launch event. The Boston presentation was given before the monthly general meeting of the Boston Computer Society, open to all members and therefore a much more public event. Jobs demonstrated the high-tech machine—a 12-inch square die-cast magnesium ‘cube’ with innovative optical drive,
high-resolution display, and 25MHz clock speed—and, more importantly, its operating system, known as NeXTSTEP. The OS offered an intuitive GUI with features like an application dock, true multitasking, drag-and-drop tools, large full-color icons, real-time scrolling, and other elements that are considered ubiquitous today. This was the innovative platform on which Tim Berners-Lee would create the first web browser. Although NeXT computers encountered subpar sales, the NeXTSTEP operating system and development environment proved highly influential, forming the basis for Mac OS X. Unix derivatives incorporating NeXTSTEP would eventually power all of Apple’s platforms, including the iPhone. Apple purchased NeXT in 1997 for $429 million and 1.5 million shares of Apple stock, with Jobs, as part of the agreement, returning to the company he had co-founded in 1976. Jobs’s keynote presentations—similar to the one represented by this document—would become a hallmark of his return to Apple, with unforgettable introductions to popular products like the iPod, iPhone, and Macbook Air. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $1,000
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“Insanely great” NeXT job offer signed by Steve Jobs 5014. Steve Jobs Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “steve jobs,” one page, 8.5 x 11, NeXT, Inc. letterhead, December 7, 1989. Letter to David Nagy, who was then working as a product manager at Apple. In part: “NeXT is pleased to offer you employment on the following terms: - A salary of $80,000 per year, paid monthly in advance. - Participation in NeXT’s great employee health plan, which includes major medical, dental, vision and prenatal benefits. In addition, NeXT is a smoking-free work environment. - You will be granted options to purchase Five Thousand (5,000) shares of NeXT’s common stock under the terms of NeXT’s 1990 stock option plan, subject to the approval of, and at an option price to be determined by, NeXT’s Board of Directors. - A hiring bonus of $5,000 to be paid at your NeXT employee orientation meeting.” Above the line for the recruit’s signature (left blank) is typed: “I accept this insanely great offer !!!”—”insanely great” being a famous Jobs-ism used to introduce the Macintosh in 1984. The offer was very unusual in that there was no job title, department, or specific areas of responsibility. In very good condition, with overall creasing and a few light stains. Encapsulated in a PSA/ DNA authentication holder.
Having been ousted from Apple in the fall of 1985, Jobs founded the innovative NeXT project, a computer and software company aimed at the markets of business and higher education. The first NeXT Computer was introduced in 1988 with great fanfare thanks to Jobs’s marketing strategy. At NeXT, Jobs helped to develop a pioneering ‘fingerless’ automated manufacturing line right in Silicon Valley. He believed that keeping the design, development, and manufacturing in close proximity—all in a single plant, rather than outsourced overseas—would help NeXT out-innovate its competitors by allowing continuous improvement of their products. Although their computers encountered subpar sales, the NeXTSTEP operating system and development environment proved highly influential, forming the basis for Mac OS X. Apple purchased NeXT in 1997 for $429 million and 1.5 million shares of Apple stock, with Jobs, as part of the agreement, returning to the company he had co-founded in 1976. Accompanied by a detailed letter of provenance from the recipient. Starting Bid $1,000
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Fully operational ‘N1000’ NeXT Computer with workstation MegaPixel Display, Laser Printer, and more 5015. NeXT Computer 1988 Early Production Model with Original Monitor, Laser Printer, and Package Material. Extremely rare early production model of the NeXT Computer released by NeXT Inc. in October 1988. Informally referred to as the ‘Cube,’ the computer consists of a sturdy 1-foot die-cast magnesium cube-shaped black case, the back of which contains the Model No. “N1000,” the Part No. “23.00,” and the Serial No. “AAK0001174”; both the front and the back feature graphic design artist Paul Rand’s now-iconic company logo. The company’s first and flagship product, the NeXT computer was sold at a price of $6,500 and was aimed specifically at the higher-education market, with this particular computer deriving from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Includes the power cord and original gray cover. The monitor, printer, and upgrade kits are housed in their original NeXT manufacturing boxes, with corresponding parts and delivery labels addressed to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The computer is fully operational and in fine cosmetic condition. Starting Bid $1,000
The NeXT workstation includes various original devices and components: - keyboard (Part No. 192.00, Serial No. AAE8901150) - two-button mouse (Part No. 193.00, Serial No. AAF 8501038) - MegaPixel Display 17˝ monitor (Model No. N4000, Part No. 135.00, SDN Manufacture: October 1988, Serial No. AAA5001051), with an adapter cable and gray cover - 400 DPI laser printer manufactured by Canon Inc., (Model No. N2000, Part No. 369.00, Serial No. AAC 0005912, Manufactured Date: September 1990 T), with the adjustable paper tray, power/ adapter cables, and gray cover - NeXT 68040 Upgrade Kit (N7003, Serial No. AAG2001086), with original boxes, unused Federal Express service upgrade label, and NeXT screwdriver - a 10-volume set of NeXT Computer, Inc. workstation reference and user manuals from 1990, housed in their original heavy-duty slipcases - a NeXTSTEP 3.1 release box with associated Developer software, discs, and booklets - a group of (11) NeXT booklets and manuals (the majority of which bear water damage)
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Keyboard prototype made in France for the Apple IIe
5016. Apple IIe External Keyboard Prototype and Computer. Rare and unusual French external keyboard prototype
for the Apple IIe, executed in a style similar to the later Macintosh Plus Keyboard (M0110A) which was not introduced until 1986. The keyboard features a French AZERTY layout, inset reset button to upper right, and a built-in number pad. Inside the case, the PCB for the number pad is marked: “Bottier et Clavier pour Apple //e [Case and Keyboard for Apple IIe].” Includes a European Apple IIe personal computer, model no. A2S2064F, serial no. 178631, with its original Apple Computer power supply and European “Apple IIe P.A.L.” board inside, marked “820-0073-A / F607-0664.” The computer is missing its built-in keyboard, but includes the appropriate cable and a plastic cover panel for use with this external prototype. Also includes a Disk II Interface card and single external Disk II drive. Starting Bid $300
5017. Apple: The Controller Software and User Manual. Uncommon
original binder for “The Controller: General Business System,” small business management and accounting software issued by Apple Computer and the Dakin5 Corporation in 1979 for the Apple II personal computer. The three-ring binder contains a 281-page user manual and a total of 20 Disk II floppy discs for The Controller software, with all but two with accompanying ‘backup’ discs. In overall fine condition, with scattered toning and soiling to binder and first ‘Notice’ page, the last manual page detached but present, and the backup disc for ‘Accounts Payable Data’ seemingly not the original disc. Starting Bid $200
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5018. Apple Macintosh 128K Computer. Original Apple
Macintosh 128K computer from 1984, Model No. M0001, Serial No. F4473G3M0001, with the FCC ID plate on the back, and the serial number label affixed underneath the front bezel. The serial number indicates that this Macintosh was the 4015th manufactured during the 47th week of 1984 in Fremont, California. Includes its partial original box and styrofoam packing material, along with its power cable, Macintosh Mouse (M0100), Macintosh Keyboard (M0110), floppy disks, manuals, invoice, and unused decals. The computer and accessories are in very good to fine cosmetic condition, with some adhesive remnants to cables and expected age toning; the original box is scuffed and missing portions of the top.
The Macintosh 128K was the first in the line of Apple’s Macintosh computers. It offered a radically new approach which featured a graphical user interface (GUI), built-in screen, and mouseall of which revolutionized the user’s experience, marking the transition from command-line computing to a point-and-click model. The Macintosh was famously announced in one of the most-viewed Super Bowl advertisements of all time, ‘1984.’ This would likely have been one of the last Macintosh 128K computers to feature the “Macintosh” badge on the back, as the majority made after November 1984 have the “Macintosh 128K” label on the back of the case. A desirable example that represents a landmark in Apple and personal computing history. Starting Bid $500
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Designed by Woz: an uncommon example of the first programmable universal remote control 5019. Steve Wozniak: CL 9 CORE Universal Remote Control. Uncommon CL 9 CORE UC-100 remote control, serial no. 005368, developed by Steve Wozniak as the first programmable universal remote control. Based on the MOS 6502 microprocessor—the same one used in the Apple II—the remote features an LCD display, numeric keypad, and function buttons. It is a ‘learning’ remote control, able to record and replay IR signal patterns from other proprietary remotes. A serial interface on the underside allows it to connect to a computer, and each button is programmable as a macro for multiple operations. Untested and in fine cosmetic condition. CL 9 was founded by Steve Wozniak in 1985 and remained in business until 1988, when Woz was ready to move on. In spite of the CORE remote’s innovative feature set, its high cost, programming difficulty, and the advent of cheaper competitors resulted in middling success. Wozniak ultimately sold the business and patents to Celadon, a company formed by former CL 9 employees, which continued to market new versions of the remote under the names PIC-100 and PIC-200. Starting Bid $200
5020. Steve Jobs: Apple II (3) Early Ephemera Items.
Three early ephemera pieces related to the release of the Apple II personal computer, obtained from the company’s first official corporate office in Cupertino, California: an Apple Computer Inc. “Product Information” pamphlet from March 1977, with information about the Apple-I and Apple-II; a promotional brochure for the Apple II; and a printed template letter from Apple Computer Inc., circa late 1977, which states their new address as “10260 Bandley Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014.” In overall fine condition, with edgewear and slight adhesive residue to right side of template letter, and some marks and a bend to the brochure. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the original recipient, a high school classmate of Jobs’ at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. Starting Bid $200
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5021. Apple ‘Croix De Apple’ Employee Pin. Early Apple Computer employee “Croix de Apple” pin dating to the late 1970s, early 1980s. The bronze-tone pin, 9 gm, 19 mm x 38 mm, features an enamel rainbow ribbon design redolent of Apple’s longrunning (1977–1998) logo, which is set above a medallion with the iconic Apple emblem and raised text, “Croix De Apple.” In fine condition, with a couple of trivial marks. Apple made two versions of this pin to reward both employees and subcontractors for their exceptional service; this reward program was discontinued in 1982. Starting Bid $200
5022. Apple Lisa Pascal Workshop 3.0 Sealed Software and Guides. Uncommon factory-sealed Apple Lisa Pascal Workshop 3.0 software and reference material, comprising three binders housed in their original slipcase. The binders are labeled “Lisa Systems Software,” “Lisa Language,” and “Lisa Workshop User’s Guide,” with sealed contents including the right floppy discs for “Lisa Pascal Workshop 3.0,” plus reference notes and user guides: “Release 3.0 Notes,” “Lisa Pascal 3.0 Systems Software,” “Workshop 3.0 Release Notes,” “Developer’s Handbook,” “Workshop User’s Guide for the Lisa,” “Release 3.0 Notes for the Pascal Reference Manual for the Lisa,” “Pascal Reference Manual,” and “Motorola M68000 16/32-Bit Microprocessor Programmer’s Reference Manual.” The exterior slipcover is worn with a few edge tears, but the inner contents remain in fine, unused condition. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | August 18, 2022 27
5023. Apple M0120P Numeric Keypad with Box. Uncommon original Apple
M0120P Numeric Keypad in its original box and packaging, circa 1984, serial no. 13294. This external numeric keypad was designed as a companion to the original Macintosh keyboard (M0110), which only had numbers across the top. The M0110’s successor, the Apple M0110A, integrated the numeric keypad, making the M0120 redundant. The M0120P is distinguished from the M0120 by its use of symbols, rather than text, for the “Enter” and “Clear” keys. Complete with its original cable. Starting Bid $200
5024. Apple Color Plotter 410. Scarce, fully
functional Apple Color Plotter 410, Model No. A9M0302P, Serial No. E01155, including extra ink cartridge pens, two pads of paper, and an “Apple Color Plotter Test” page. Sold by Apple Computer from 1983 to 1988, this plotter could be connected to an Apple II (with an installed Super Serial Card) or Apple III computer. A desirable example of a rather obscure piece of Apple hardware. Starting Bid $200
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5025. Apple IIGS Developer ‘Crystal Apple’Award.
Limited edition ‘crystal apple’ paperweight award issued to developers of the Apple IIGS personal computer in 1986, measuring 3˝ x 3.75˝ x 2.75˝, with the front laser etched with the Apple logo, the signature of Steve Wozniak, and “Apple IIGS, 9/27/86.” The base of the award is engraved with the edition number, “117.” In fine condition, with a couple of trivial scuffs to the bottom. September 27, 1986, marked the first day that Apple dealers were allowed to sponsor public demonstrations of the Apple IIGS. An attractive and early Apple award with an uncommonly low edition number. Starting Bid $200
5026. Apple: 1983 Macintosh Introduction Plan and Logo Leaflet. Original spiral-bound “Macintosh Product Introduction Plan,” 9 x 11, 106 pages, with the title page reading: “7 October 1983, Company Confidential, Reproduction Prohibited, Document Number: 62, Issued to: John Scull.” The fascinating document offers a summary of the Macintosh product and outlines a detailed marketing plan to include national advertisements, promo materials, educational resources, and support for software developers. In particular, the plan offers insight into Apple’s business strategy during the era, with commentary on target demographics: “Macintosh is an advanced personal productivity tool for knowledge workers.” In fine condition, with a few pencil notations throughout and some soiling to the covers. A significant “Competitive Analysis” section foresees potential attacks by IBM and offers Apple’s responses to criticisms. Accompanied by an interesting original “Apple Logo Use Guidelines” leaflet from March 1983, demonstrating correct and incorrect usage of Apple’s logo.Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | August 18, 2022 29
While still at Apple in 1984, Woz agrees to publish his ‘Oral History of Apple Computer’ 5027. Steve Wozniak Document Signed. DS, one page, 8.5 x
11, January 26, 1984. Wozniak consents to the release of his lecture, ‘An Oral History of Apple Computer,’ given at the New York Computer Fair on September 24, 1983, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series tentatively titled ‘Powersharing.’” Signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint by Wozniak, printing his name and writing the date below. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Apple Computer, Inc. mailing envelope, as well as Mann’s retained typescript of his letter to Woz, enclosing a copy of the final cassette tape and asking for permission to release it. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘Woz was still with Apple at this time. More information about company origins, persona and philosophy.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
Twice-signed Wozniak document for his Computer Museum talk: ‘The Making of an Engineer and a Computer’ 5028. Steve Wozniak Document Signed. DS, signed in cursive, “Woz,” and in print, “Steve Wozniak,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 13, 1986. Wozniak consents to the release of his lecture, ‘The Making of an Engineer and a Computer,’ given at The Computer Museum in Boston on May 13, 1986, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in ballpoint by Wozniak, printing his name and writing the date below. Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘Authentic American folk hero, creator of the enduring Apple II, spins a beautiful tale of adventure and discovery. In school resource centers, helps young users see computers in a context they can relate to.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200 30 Steve Jobs and Apple | (603) 732-4280
5029. Steve Wozniak Signed Apple IIGS Certificate of Authenticity. Uncommon certificate of authenticity
issued for the ‘Woz Edition’ Apple IIGS personal computer produced by Apple Computer in 1986, one page, 11 x 8.5, signed on the left side in blue ballpoint by Steve Wozniak, “Woz.” The certificate also bears preprinted signatures of Wozniak and 12 Apple engineers. In very fine condition. We have not before seen an Apple IIGS certificate signed by Wozniak. Starting Bid $200
5030. Steve Wozniak Signed Apple-1 Manual. Bradbound facsimile of the original Apple-1 operation manual, 8.5 x 11, 12 pages, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, “Woz.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
5031. Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne Signed Photograph. Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of the Apple-1 computer, signed in black felt tip signed in black felt tip by two of Apple’s co-founders” Steve Wozniak, “Apple I, Woz,” and Ron Wayne, “Ronald Wayne,” signing over his embossed personal seal. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
5032. Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne Signed Apple-1 Schematic. Printed reproduction of an Apple-1
‘power supply’ schematic diagram, 11 x 17, signed in blue felt tip by Steve Wozniak, “Think Different! Woz,” and Ron Wayne, “Ronald Wayne,” next to his affixed personal label. In fine condition, with a PSA/DNA label affixed to the lower left (certificate not present). Starting Bid $200
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5035. Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne Signed Magazine. Commemorative issue of Time magazine from
5033. Steve Wozniak Signed Apple II Floppy Disk Drive. Apple II computer 5.25” floppy disk drive, 6 x 3.75 x 8.75, signed on the top in black felt tip by Steve Wozniak, “Think Different! Woz.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
October 17, 2011, honoring the life and legacy of Steve Jobs, 72 pages, 8 x 10.5, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Steve Wozniak, “Woz,” and in black felt tip by Ron Wayne, “Ronald Wayne,” over his embossed personal seal, with small biographical label applied below. In very good to fine condition, with light cover creasing and handling wear. Starting Bid $200
“1st Major Apple Order— 50 Assembled Apple I Computers to the ‘Byte Shop’ in Mountain View, California, for $500 Each—Apple is Born! Think Different!” 5034. Ronald Wayne Signed Apple-1 Replica Board. Desirable replica of the Apple-1 Computer circuit board, 15.5 x 9, signed in black felt tip, “Ronald Wayne, Co-Founder Apple Computer Co., 1st Major Apple Order—50 Assembled Apple I Computers to the ‘Byte Shop’ in Mountain View, California, for $500 Each—Apple is Born! Think Different!” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
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5038. Steve Wozniak Signed Apple Disk II Interface Card. A 1978 Apple Computer Disk II interface card (650–
X104), 4.5 x 3, signed in black felt tip by Steve Wozniak, “Woz.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
5037. Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne Signed Apple-1 Manual. Brad-bound facsimile of the original
Apple-1 operation manual, 8.5 x 11, 12 pages, signed on the front cover in blue ink and felt tip by Apple co-founders Steve Wozniak (“Woz”) and Ron Wayne (“Ronald Wayne”). In very fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
5039. Apple: Sculley, Raskin, Atkinson, Gassée, etc. (8) Documents Signed. Eight documents signed
5036. Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne Signed One-Dollar Bill. Series 2017 one-dollar bill signed in
black ink and felt tip by Apple co-founders Steve Wozniak (“Woz”) and Ron Wayne (“Ronald Wayne”), the latter signing over his embossed personal seal. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
by Apple Computer notables, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1986 to 1987, all being release forms for Charles Mann’s ‘Powersharing Series.’ Signers are: John Sculley, the third CEO of Apple Inc.; Jean Louis Gassée, an Apple product development and worldwide marketing executive; Jef Raskin, who started the Macintosh project; Bill Atkinson, designer of the Apple Lisa GUI, creator of MacPaint, and original member of the Macintosh team; Del Yocam, Apple’s first chief operating officer; Bob Washburn, a member of the Macintosh sales team; Charles Oppenheimer, a Macintosh product manager; and Didier Diaz, a Macintosh product marketing director. All are countersigned in ink by Mann. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a program card from The Computer Museum, listing Gassée as a speaker on May 17, [1987]. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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Personal archive of Apple ‘color guru’ Robert Flores, with 500+ color swatches developed for the iBook, iPod, iPhone, MacBook, and more 5040. Robert Flores: Apple ‘Color Guru’ Personal Color Swatch Archive. One-of-a-kind color swatch archive
iPod Mini reintroduced the rainbow to Apple’s sleek-and-shiny product line, Flores developed those colors, too.
The 1997 return of Steve Jobs to Apple brought forth the iMac, and Flores’ career as a premier industrial colorist began in earnest. Impressed by his expertise and fresh approach to color, Jobs relied on Flores to develop the bright, candy-like hues for the iMac line. These colors proved essential to the product’s initial marketing campaigns, which included a TV ad featuring ‘She’s a Rainbow’ by the Rolling Stones: gleaming iMacs tumble across the screen as Mick Jagger belts the chorus, ‘She’s like a rainbow / Coming, colors in the air / Oh, everywhere / She comes in colors.’ A promotional poster of the flashy fruit-themed desktops—available in blueberry, grape, tangerine, lime, and strawberry—simply punctuated “Yum.,” was also produced (an original copy from Flores’s collection is included). The iMac became a bestselling sensation, and competitors followed suit with high-style computers of their own. Thus was the death knell of the beige PC.
The primary contents of the archive are eight binders containing over 500 of these color swatches, mostly 3˝ x 5˝, organized by Flores himself. Many of the color panels have Apple Computer labels on the reverse identifying the affiliated project, either by codename (e.g. “M17,” “M26” [iPod Nano], “M42” [MacBook], “M68” [first-gen iPhone], “M82” [MacBook Air], “Q21B,” “Q91,” “Q98” [fifth-gen iPod], “Q72” [iBook G4], “Q88” [Mac Mini]) or codename and product (e.g. “Q35 ibook color project,” “Q54 anodized power book,” “Q22 iPod mini,” “Q79 tablet,” “N82/ P3 iPhone”). Many of these are especially interesting as they represent pre-release, experimental samples of color possibilities for some of the most important consumer products of today’s technological age: the original iPhone, colorful iPods, and MacBooks of every variety. Others lend insight into unrealized possibilities—Apple never produced a color PowerBook line, nor did they make a red iPod Mini or neon MacBook Air. Colors were under consideration for the “Q79 tablet” in 2004, some six years before the introduction of the iPad. Furthermore, these panels demonstrate the visual and tactile changes made by slight adjustments to paint formulations: the differences between “Tangerina 30%,” “Tangerina 60%,” “Tangerina 100%,” and “Tangerina 100% hi-gloss” are quite striking. Many also indicate their Pantone, Toyo, or Munsell codes.
from the career of Bob Flores, the ‘color guru’ who developed the iconic palettes for Apple products such as the iMac, iPod, and iPhone. Flores got his start in the hot rod world, doing automotive airbrushing and pinstriping, before opening a San Francisco paint shop focused on business signage. He made his unlikely entry into the tech industry in 1996, when an Apple color consultant was referred to him to figure out how to perfect the metallic sheen of the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh.
Flores developed his colors on pieces of aluminum and acrylic that were cut and fabricated in his shop. Each color was formulated with a documented recipe (color toner amounts in grams), mixed, and sprayed on this material with adjusted gloss levels. He worked directly with Apple’s designers to conceive and create these colors, drawing inspiration from wherever it could be found. In one case, an industrial designer brought him out to see whether he could match the tone of the early morning sun hitting an office window. Once the colors were developed and approved, the formulations were provided to the plastic manufacturer so that they could produce cases for Apple’s innovative hardware. Even as Apple graduated from rainbow-hued iMacs to stark white iPods and silver MacBooks, these colors were painstakingly developed using the same processes—seen in the dozens of iterations of whites, grays, and blacks within Flores’s color swatch binders. When the
Read more about the contents of each orthe binders online at www.RRAuction.com. In addition to the binders of color swatches, a key element to this archive is Flores’s ‘recipe book’—a binder marked “Formulas”—with over 100 pages of printouts documenting the pigments and quantities used in his various colors, along with many pages of his handwritten notes regarding the same. Also included are: a binder with several images of Flores’s paint shop and some examples of his work; a couple issues of Macworld; an official Apple flyer and promo poster advertising the ‘blueberry’ iBook G3 (an example of Flores’s early work); and an original copy of the San Francisco Examiner’s profile of Flores, entitled “iMac’s Color guru,” published on January 5, 2000. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $1,000
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5041. Robert Flores: Apple Design Team Multi-Signed Poster. Color glossy 12 x 7.5 print entitled ‘Mobile Muscle’ affiliated with Apple’s PowerBook 1400 notebook computer, matted and framed to an overall size of 20 x 16 with a small rainbow Apple emblem in the lower right corner. The frame’s backing is signed and inscribed to Apple ‘color guru’ Bob Flores in black felt tip and colored pencil by eight members of Apple’s design team, including Richard Howarth, who would go on to lead the design of each generation of iPhone from 2007 to 2015. Howarth writes, “Bob… You’re a bloody genius! Thanks for all those all-nighters. Richard Howarth,” sketching Apple’s rainbow ‘byte’ logo above. This ‘Mobile Muscle’ graphic was used as one of several interchangeable ‘BookCover’ art skins issued with the Powerbook 1400, which allowed users to customize the look of their laptops. In fine condition, with scattered marks and soiling to reverse. Starting Bid $200
5042. Robert Flores Signed Apple Poster: Apple Cinema Display. Huge color 70 x 27 internal Apple Computer poster from 1999, reading “Introducing the Apple Cinema Display. Actual Size.,” signed in the lower left corner in silver ink by Apple ‘color guru’ Bob Flores. The poster offers three life-size images of the original 22-inch Apple Cinema display, released alongside the Power Mac G4. Rolled and in fine condition, with light creasing. Starting Bid $200
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5043. Robert Flores Signed Apple Poster: Power Mac G4. Huge color 70 x 27 internal Apple Computer poster from 1999, reading “G4: Introducing Power Mac G4 with Velocity Engine,” signed in the lower left corner in silver ink by Apple ‘color guru’ Bob Flores. The poster offers life-size images of the G4 tower from the side and at a three-quarter angle. Rolled and in fine condition, with light creasing. Starting Bid $200
Brand new first-gen iPod, sealed in its original box
5044. Apple iPod (First Generation, Sealed). Soughtafter unopened first generation original Apple iPod (5GB), Model M8541, Order M8513LL/A. The top of the box features the iconic Apple logo in white-on-gray, with the cube’s sides showing front and side views of the iPod and listing the pioneering music player’s specifications. In brand new, factory-sealed condition. In 2001, Apple announced the iPod, a device that promised to ‘put 1,000 songs in your pocket.’ It was not the first MP3 player on the market, but it was the best—good looking, user
friendly, and spacious enough to hold an entire music library. What resulted was a mass adoption that would change the way we interact with music forever. Leading innovation for other devices like the iPhone, the iPod is one of the most critically important hardware innovations of the 21st century. According to CNET, ‘the iPod was the device that helped transform Apple from a computer company into a consumer electronics company.’ While the number of new-in-box, firstgen iPods is unknown, only around 600k were sold in the first year, and the vast majority of them were used immediately. Starting Bid $2,500
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Working demo display of the game-changing iPod media player
5045. Apple iPod (First Generation) Demonstration Display. Very rare in-store demonstration display stand for
the original Apple iPod (first generation). The 5GB iPod is presented in an acrylic 11 x 8 x 5 holder with an open central window that allows access to the media player controls. The interior features an information sheet with the now-famous slogan, “Say hello to iPod. 1,000 songs. In your pocket,” as well as component statistics for its 10-hour lithium battery, 5GB hard drive, FireWire, and the earbud headphones, the latter two
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of which are plugged into the iPod through small entry points at the top of the display. Removal of the iPod is possible by unfastening two small screws to either side. Includes a 2001 Apple iPod Power Adapter. The iPod is fully operational and in fine cosmetic condition; the display bears a couple of trivial internal cracks. Given the iPod’s late 2001 release date—and the 2nd generation’s debut just eight months later—the number of these iPod 1st gen demo stations is assuredly quite low, perhaps even in the single digits.Starting Bid $500
New-in-box example of the original iPhone
5046. Apple iPhone (First Generation, Sealed).
Unopened first generation original Apple iPhone, Model A1203, Order MA712LL/A (8GB). The box features a life-size image of the iPhone with twelve icons on the screen, indicating that it is from the earliest production (2007); a 13th icon, for iTunes, came later in the year. In brand new, factory-sealed condition. “iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone,” Steve Jobs said during his keynote speech that introduced the innovative product. He was right. Developed in secrecy, the original iPhone is
the smartphone that transformed the industry, revolutionizing cellphone design as one of the first ‘slate’ form factor phones. The iPhone removed nearly all physical controls in favor of an easy-to-use capacitive touchscreen interface. It put the internet into our pockets with the first full-featured mobile web browser, and essentially launched the market for apps with the introduction of the App Store, making third-party applications easy to access and download. The iPhone ushered in the modern age of the smartphone, and catapulted Apple to the top of the charts as one of the world’s most valuable companies. Starting Bid $1,000
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5047. Apple Newton MessagePad 120 (Newton 2.0 OS). A Newton MessagePad 120 by Apple Computer with Newton 2.0 operating system, built-in 2MB of RAM, 8MB of ROM, a 20-MHz ARM 610 RISC processor, and more. The MessagePad comes with the original box and its featured accessories, including a stylus, four AA alkaline batteries with cases, adapter cords, and the handbook. In fine condition, with some wear to the box. The Newton MessagePad was one of the first series of handheld systems, or PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), to attempt to recognize natural handwriting and use a basic form of artificial intelligence to ‘tie’ relevant information together. Starting Bid $200
5048. Apple Newton MessagePad 2100. A Newton MessagePad 2100 by Apple Computer with built-in 8MB of RAM, 160-MHz StrongARM SA-110 RISC processor, built-in speaker and microphone, and more. The MessagePad comes with the original box and its featured accessories, including: a 9W power adapter, a stylus, an AMD 20MB D Series flash memory card, a Hayes Optima 144 data and fax card, and all warranties with handbook and user’s manual. In fine condition, with some wear to the box. Starting Bid $200
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5049. Apple Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM). Sought-after example of the limited edition Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM), released by Apple in 1997 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding. Aimed at the executive market, the innovative computer boasted a $7,500 price tag and feature-packed performance that exceeded most personal computers of the era. This example has the ‘FatBac’ upgrade with original hardware, configured with an ethernet port in the back. This Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh set includes the computer with built-in 12.1” LCD screen, Bose speakers, and vertically-mounted CD-ROM drive; keyboard with built-in trackpad; base unit power supply/subwoofer; remote control; and user’s manual. In spite of its feature-rich technology, the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh was met with slow sales-probably due to its price tag and limited means for expansion. However, its design proved influential in future product lines-until recently, modern iMacs featured vertically-oriented optical drives behind their LCD screens (similar to the floppy drive on the TAM), and the Magic Trackpad is offered as a popular peripheral (like the trackpad on the TAM keyboard). Starting Bid $200
5050. Douglas Engelbart Signed Stamp Block. Complete block of forty 32-cent “Computer Technology” postage
stamps, signed across the center in black felt tip, “Doug Engelbart.” In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned example of the same stamp sheet. On October 8, 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued these 32-cent “Computer Technology” stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) and the pervasive influence of computers and computer technology in modern life. The stamp’s graphics-pixelized PCBs over the outline of a human brain-also act as a fitting tribute to a founder of the field of human-computer interaction, Douglas Engelbart. From the collection of Bill Daul, a longtime friend and colleague of Douglas Engelbart. Starting Bid $200
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5051. Lee Felsenstein’s (2) Expander Manuals (c. 1981). Two Expander manuals from the collection of
personal computer pioneer Lee Felsenstein, an original member of the Homebrew Computer Club who designed multiple important early computers: the Intel 8080-based Sol-20, the first fully assembled microcomputer with a built-in keyboard and television output; and the Osborne 1, the first mass-produced portable computer. These manuals derive from his work on the Expander, built by Micro-Expander Inc., a ‘slimline’ computer with a built-in keyboard and number pad, measuring about 18 inches square and 4 inches thick. The system ran on a Z80A (3.58 MHz) processor, with 64K of RAM, color video output, and S-100 expansion bus (hence the name ‘Expander’). Felsenstein was originally recruited to the Expander project by Micro-Expander’s president, Mats Ingemanson, a young Swedish gentleman who wished to develop a personal computer to be sold in Europe. Felsenstein was able to build a working prototype of the Expander before his responsibilities as a founding member of the Osborne Computer Corporation became his chief priority. He turned over the Expander work to Robert Marsh, former VP of Processor Technology, to bring the design to a manufacturable level. Although some 200 Expander computers were built by Manu-Tronics Corporation of Kenosha, WI, Ingemanson was able to pay for only 10 and the rest had to be scrapped. Thus, only ten Expander computers
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got into buyers’ hands—the computers and their associated documentation are therefore extremely rare. The lot includes one Expander User’s Manual and one manual of the Expander Monitor Source Code. Felsenstein notes that the user’s manual is annotated on the front cover with phone numbers for Robert Marsh and Micromation (a company making disk storage systems). Inside the front cover is a yellow sheet of paper dated 5/6/82 with notations mentioning “new copy,” “corrections to display,” “movcpm 48 x,” and “Patch the bootstrap cold boot,” along with a checklist of numbers and a hexadecimal calculation of memory size. Inside at p. 36 is a single sheet of white paper with a copy of a page from another program listing with a rudimentary memory map drawn on the back in red ink—the one address shown is that of a bootstrap entry point with a binary expression of that address, the words “64K” and “2K” in addition to some arithmetic computations. The Monitor Source Code listing, dated 11/2/81, is a printout of a hexadecimal program listing with comments and appears to be a xerocopy of a tractor-feed printout. In overall fine condition, with light general wear. Accompanied by letters of provenance signed by Felsenstein and a modern printout of an InfoWorld newspaper article announcing the Expander in September 1980. Starting Bid $200
Hardware used for developing Community Memory—the first computerized bulletin board, a social network of the 1970s
5052. Community Memory Developmental Hardware: North Star Floppy Drives, Controller Board, and Cables. Remarkable collection of hardware used in
the development of the Community Memory project, the first public computerized bulletin board system. All pieces originate from the collection of personal computer pioneer Lee Felsenstein, an original member of the Homebrew Computer Club who designed multiple important early computers: the Intel 8080-based Sol-20, the first fully assembled microcomputer with a built-in keyboard and television output; and the Osborne 1, the first mass-produced portable computer. Felsenstein was a founder of Community Memory and made a number of Sol-20 computers available for software development carried out between 1977 and 1986. He also provided space for the software development work in my offices and set up a high-speed parallel data network to interconnect the Sol-20 computers. Deployed into public places, the Community Memory system—a terminal that allowed everyday people to read and post messages, exchange information, and make connections—represented, for many, their first-ever interaction with a computer. It became a transformative, hyper-local communications medium used for art, literature, journalism, commerce, and social chatter—an early social network, serving a proto-Craigslist type of function within the community. This collection is highlighted by a North Star Floppy Disk system used in Community Memory development, designed and built by Lee Felsenstein. The structure houses two floppy
disk drives bought from North Star Computers and is designed to support a video monitor on top of a Sol-20. The device is basically a sandwich of two metal plates with tapped standoff separators providing vertical support and rigidity. Two single-sided, single-density Shugart SA-300 floppy disk drives mount to the bottom plate and each has the standard North Star power supply and regulator board mounted to its rear. A paper label on the front of the left-hand drive bears a handlettered inventory number issued by the Community Memory Project. The power cord is a two-wire brown ‘zip-cord’ type with a two-prong AC plug. The pink ribbon cable used to connect the North Star S-100 controller board installed in the Sol-20 with the drive electronics extends from the rear of the device. The device was used for software development and not in the operation of the Community Memory systems which were opened in 1984 and 1990. It is believed to be operational, though it has not been tested since it was taken out of service. Additional hardware includes a Northstar S-100 disc controller board used to run the drives, complete with Community Memory inventory sticker; and two complete Northstar single drives with original sheet metal housings, a pink ribbon cable for connection to the controller board, and Community Memory inventory stickers. Accompanied by letters of provenance signed by Felsenstein for all included components. Starting Bid $300
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Coded and operated by Bill Gates, the innovative TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer, the Microsoft mogul’s final programming project 5053. Bill Gates Personally-Used TRS-80 Model 100 Computer with Autograph Note Signed. Incredible
TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer that was personally used by Microsoft founder Bill Gates when he was an active software developer in the early-to-mid 1980s. Equipped with Microsoft’s N82 BASIC 80 programming software, the TRS-80 Model 100 was the last major coding project written by Gates as part of a Microsoft development team. The underside of the computer bears an affixed Post-It note with an ANS in pencil from Gates. The handwritten note, signed “Bill,” reads: “I don’t need this anymore. It is MS property. I am going to start using the model 200.” Another hand has dated the note to January 27, 1986. The underside of the computer is engraved “MSPROD. MKTG,” and features two affixed labels, one typed “Property of Microsoft Corporation, #M100–10,” and the other annotated, “EXT ROM Wire, W.T. 9-29-83.” The Radio Shack parts label identifies the serial number as “303014451.”In fine, untested condition; the consignor affirms that the computer is fully functional.
In an interview with the Smithsonian Institution, Gates affirmed that the Model T ‘was the last machine where I wrote a very high percentage of the code in the product. I did all the design and debugging along with Jey. And it is a cool user interface, because although most of the code is a BASIC Interpreter, we did this little file system where you never had to think about saving anything. You just had this menu where you pointed to things. It was a great little editor and scheduler. We crammed it all into a 32K ROM.’ This TRS-80 Model 100 derives from the collection of a longtime member of Microsoft during the 1980s and 1990s. Starting Bid $1,000
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Bill Gates reflects on ‘The Future of Macintosh,’ just weeks prior to Apple’s famous lawsuit against Microsoft
5054. Bill Gates Document Signed. Important DS, signed
“William H. Gates,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 30, 1988. Gates consents to the release of his lecture, ‘The Future of Macintosh,’ given before the Boston Computer Society at MIT on February 8, 1988, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Boldly signed in full at the conclusion in bold ink by Gates using his legal name, and countersigned in ballpoint by Mann. In fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of Mann’s letter to Gates, enclosing the release; Mann’s retained FedEx waybill for shipping the finished tapes to gates for his approval; and a release signed by Steven Snyder on Gates’ behalf for a talk given on June 3, 1987, on ‘Future Developments in Personal Computers.’ The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘The co-founder and CEO of Microsoft tells the story of
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the Macintosh, past and future, just before Apple hit Microsoft with the famous lawsuit.’ Just weeks later, on March 17, 1988, Apple filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for allegedly stealing 189 different elements of its Macintosh operating system to create Windows 2.0. At the time of its introduction in 1984, Microsoft was the biggest third-party developer for the Macintosh. Gates was so impressed with the operating system—especially the novelty and user-friendliness of the GUI—that he convinced Apple to license the use of Macintosh features in Windows 1.0 and all future Microsoft software programs. The courts found that any allegations of copyright infringement by Apple were covered by the existing license. By the time all related appeals and petitions came to an end in 1995, Microsoft had grown into a personal computing behemoth, and Apple teetered on the brink of collapse. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5055. Microsoft ‘One Giga Buck’ In-House Gag Currency. Rare Microsoft Corporation in-house gag cur-
rency for “One Giga Buck,” 6.25 x 2.5, issued as a series 1989 note with the front featuring an oval portrait of founder Bill Gates and the reverse featuring a “The Microsoft Edge” logo and upper slogan: “In Bill We Trust.” In very fine condition.
Originates from the collection of a longtime member of Microsoft’s operations team.Starting Bid $200
5056. Bill Gates: CIO Magazine Addressed to His Microsoft Office. Issue of CIO magazine from May 1, 2006,
obtained from the reception waiting area outside Bill Gates’s office at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The magazine, 8.25 x 10.75, with lead article line, “The Enterprise Gets Googled,” features the stamped address label to the lower-left corner: “William Gates / Chairman of the Board, Microsoft Corporation, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond WA 98052-8300.” In fine condition. The consignor notes that a friend obtained this magazine from a reception waiting area after meeting with Gates at his Microsoft office. Starting Bid $200
5057. Dan Bricklin Document Signed. Businessman and engineer (born 1951) known as ‘the father of the Spreadsheet,’ who co-created VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for personal computers, originally released for the Apple II in 1979. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 19, 1985. Bricklin consents to the release of his lecture, ‘The Story of VisiCalc,’ given at NYPC (NY IBM Personal Computer Users Group) on September 18, 1985, as part of Charles Mann’s “series tentatively titled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in ballpoint by Bricklin, printing his name and writing the date below. He also makes an amendment to the text, “from my 9/18/85 talk at NYPC,” and signs with his initials, “DB.” Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘As Harvard Business School student, dreamed of a ‘magic spreadsheet.’ With Bob Frankston, turned it into the reality of VisiCalc. The rise, the collapse; a new start with Dan Bricklin’s Demo Program.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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5058. Computer Games: Hawkins, Russell, Crawford, Bunten, etc. (12) Documents Signed. Twelve documents signed by pioneers,
developers, and thinkers in the computer and video game industries, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1985 to 1990, all being releases for Charles Mann’s ‘Powersharing Series.’ Signers are: Trip Hawkins, the founder of Electronic Arts and 3DO; Steve Russell, the creator of Spacewar!, the first widely distributed video game; Chris Crawford, an influential early Atari developer and video game design theorist; Dan Bunten, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E. (one of the first influential multiplayer video games) and 1984’s The Seven Cities of Gold (one of the earliest open world video games); Ken Arnold, a developer of the 1980s dungeon-crawling video game Rogue; Tom Snyder, who developed several educational computer games and introduced the ‘Squigglevision’ animation technique; Bill Bowman, co-founder of Spinnaker Software; Leonard Tramiel, the vice president of software at Atari; David H. Ahl, the author of BASIC Computer Games, the first computer book to sell more than a million copies; A. K. Dewdney, co-creator of the 1984 programming game Core War; Dave Lebling, a pioneering interactive fiction game designer who co-developed Zork; and Elizabeth Irion, a representative of LucasArts Entertainment. In overall fine condition. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5059. Michael Dell Document Signed. Founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies (born 1965) which has grown into one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 27, 1988. Dell consents to the release of his lecture, ‘PCs Limited: The Dell Computer Company,’ given before the Boston Computer Society on April 27, 1988, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Dell, printing his name and writing the date below. Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘From mail order in a college dorm to a major new force in the computer industry, all by age 26. Powerful new computers; innovative marketing.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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5060. Artificial Intelligence: Minsky, Leary, Selfridge, Kurzweil, etc. (11) Documents Signed. Eleven documents signed by
innovators and thinkers in the area of artificial intelligence, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1983 to 1988, all being release forms for Charles Mann’s ‘Powersharing Series.’ Signers are: Oliver Selfridge, who wrote important early papers on neural networks and is known as the ‘Father of Machine Perception’; Marvin Minsky, who co-founded MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Timothy Leary, the famous advocate for psychedelic drugs who proclaimed that ‘the PC is the LSD of the 1990s’; Ray Kurzweil (3), famed inventor and futurist who writes frequently on AI; Seymour Papert, known for his research in AI and learning theories at MIT; Edward Feigenbaum, known as the ‘Father of Expert Systems’; Philippe Kahn, credited with creating the first camera phone and holder of patents involved in AI modeling; George Gilder, an economist and writer on artificial intelligence; and Esther Dyson, a journalist and investor in AI-related startups. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by original mailing envelopes for the Papert and one of the Kurzweil documents. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5061. Microcomputers: Felsenstein, Solomon, Blankenbaker, and Truong. Four documents signed by influential per-
sonal computer hardware pioneers, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated 1986, all being releases for Charles Mann’s ‘Powersharing Series.’ Signers are: John V. Blankenbaker, creator of the Kenbak-1, considered to be the world’s first ‘personal computer’; Lee Felsenstein, designer of the Intel 8080-based Sol-20, the first fully assembled microcomputer with a built-in keyboard and television output; Les Solomon, the editor of Popular Electronics, ideator and namesake of the Sol-20; and André Truong Trong Thi, a ‘father of the personal computer’ as co-creator of the Micral N. Each is signed in ink in cursive and print by the subject, and countersigned by Mann. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope for Solomon’s release form, and a fifth document signed by Robert Pond, who evidently spoke as part of the panel with Blankenbaker, Felsenstein, and Truong. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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5062. Regis McKenna (4) Documents Signed.
Legendary Silicon Valley marketing guru, known for his work with Apple, Intel, America Online, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Lotus, Microsoft, and numerous other high tech firms. A 1985 profile of McKenna in the Los Angeles Times said that ‘McKenna is best known for taking the story of Apple Computer’s founding in a Los Altos garage by two young entrepreneurs and weaving it into part of our national folklore.’ Four DSs, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated 1986 and 1989. McKenna consents to the release of his lectures, ‘Establishing Market Share in a Worldwide Economy’ and ‘Who’s Afraid of Big Blue?,’ as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” The earlier releases are both signed at the conclusion in black ballpoint by McKenna, printing his name and writing the date below; the later documents are signed in black felt tip by McKenna. All are countersigned in ink by Mann, who sent two copies of each release to McKenna so that he could retain one for his own files; instead, McKenna returned all of them. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by one of McKenna’s personal business cards. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5063. Robert Metcalfe Document Signed. Pioneering internet engineer and entrepreneur (born 1946) who co-invented Ethernet, co-founded 3Com, and formulated Metcalfe’s law, which describes the effect of a telecommunications network. DS, signed “Robert M. Metcalfe,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 27, 1987. Metcalfe consents to the release of his lecture, ‘Netstations for Workgroup Computing,’ given before the Boston Computer Society on May 28, 1987, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in red felt tip by Metcalfe, printing his name and writing the date below. Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘Inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com makes persuasive case for people working in groups to use diskless netstations with common fileserver. Impressively easy set-up and connections.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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5064. Akio Morita Document Signed. Japanese physicist and businessman (1921–1999) who co-founded the Sony Corporation. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 6, 1985. Morita consents to the release of a talk given as part of a Harvard IT series on March 6, 1985, as part of Charles Mann’s “series tentatively titled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Morita’s talk included reflections on American vs. Japanese culture and business philosophy. Signed at the conclusion in ballpoint by Morita, printing his name and writing the date below. Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5065. John Roach Document Signed. Personal computing pioneer (1938–2022) who, while working for Tandy Corporation, introduced the fully assembled TRS-80, which quickly became the best-selling personal computer on the market. Roach hired Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the future founders of Microsoft, to write the software for the TRS-80. DS, signed “John V. Roach,” one page, 8.5 x 11, September 30, 1987. Roach consents to the release of his lecture, ‘Tandy’s Challenge to IBM,’ given before the Boston Computer Society on September 30, 1987, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Roach, and countersigned in black ballpoint by Mann. In fine condition. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘CEO of Tandy Corp. introduces formidable new line of Radio Shack computers competing head-to-head with IBM.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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5066. Stephen Hawking: Klatt and Tetschner (2) Documents Signed. Two documents signed by the creators of DECtalk, the speech synthesizer utilized and made famous by Stephen Hawking, each one page, 8.5 x 11, September 28-29, 1985. Klatt and Tetscher consent to the release of their lecture, ‘DECtalk: Principles and Uses of Computer Synthesized Speech,’ given at The Computer Museum in Boston on September 29, 1985, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating generally to computers…tentatively titled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Individually signed at the conclusion in ink by Dennis H. Klatt and Walter Tetschner, both printing their names and writing the dates below. Both releases are countersigned in ink by Mann. In overall fine condition. Klatt (1938–1988) was a pioneer of computerized text-to-speech whose work was widely adopted by those with disabilities. Stephen Hawking used a version of the DECtalk speech synthesizer based on Klatt’s own voice, which Hawking long chose to keep even after more advanced products became available. Tetschner (1936–2020) was a pioneer in the advancement of voice/speech recognition technology who served as the project director for Digital’s DECtalk product. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5067. Adam Osborne Document Signed. Pioneering computer book publisher, software developer, and computer designer (1939–2003) who introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer, in 1981. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, December 2, 1987. Osborne consents to the release of his lecture, ‘Adam Osborne Predicts…,’ given before the Boston Computer Society on September 3, 1987, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Osborne, printing his name and writing the date below. Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Paperback Software mailing envelope. The resource guide to The Powersharing Series offers a vignette about the speaker and his talk: ‘After some remarks about legal profession (but not the suit), presents insightful observations on the major trends he sees shaping the industry.’ From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
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5068. Alvy Ray Smith Document Signed. American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of computer animation (born 1943) who co-founded Pixar in 1986 with financing from Steve Jobs. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 29, 1990. Smith consents to the release of his lecture, ‘Renderman and Desktop Visualization,’ given at the Boston Computer Society’s general meeting on March 28, 1990, as part of Charles Mann’s “educational series of video & audiotapes relating to computers entitled ‘The Powersharing Series.’” Signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip by Smith, printing his name and writing the date below; Smith also fills out his own name in the body of the document. Countersigned in ink by Mann. In fine condition, with a few light creases and edge toning. Accompanied by the original Pixar mailing envelope. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200
5069. Spreadsheets: Bricklin, Frankston, and Kapor (3) Documents Signed. Three DSs, each one page, 8.5 x 11, dated from 1983 to 1987, all being releases for Charles Mann’s ‘Powersharing Series.’ Signers are: Daniel Bricklin, the ‘Father of the Spreadsheet’ as co-creator of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for personal computers, originally released for the Apple II in 1979; Robert Frankston, who developed VisiCalc with Bricklin; and Mitch Kapor, who co-founded Lotus and developed Lotus 1-2-3, which quickly overtook VisiCalc as the spreadsheet standard. Each is signed in ink in cursive and print by the subject, and two are countersigned by Mann. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope for the Kapor document. From the Charles Mann Powersharing Collection. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | August 18, 2022 53
5071. Netscape Stock Certificate. Scarce unissued
specimen stock certificate for the Netscape Communications Corporation, which brought the first commercial web browser to market and whose 1995 IPO process revolutionized startup funding. The stock certificate, one page, 12 x 8, 1994, features the pre-printed facsimile signature of company president and CEO James L. Barksdale, who served in said capacity from January 1995 until the company merged with AOL in March 1999. Upper left corner bears ballpoint notations. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200
5072. Vint Cerf (4) Signed Items. American Internet pioneer (born 1943) and one of ‘the fathers of the Internet,’ who developed TCP/IP technology and the first commercial email system. Four items signed by Cerf: a desirable handdrawn sketch of the “Internet ca. 1977,” showing the gateways, hosts, and stations interconnecting ARPANET, SATNET, and PRNET; a glossy 5 x 7 portrait; a black 5.25˝ floppy disk; and an FDC honoring computer technology. In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200
5073. Ted Nelson Self-Published Book: Literary Machines, Edition 87.1. Scarce unsigned book: Literary Machines, Edition
87.1 by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson. Self-published, 1987. Staplebound softcover, 7.75 x 8.5, 263 pages. In fine condition, with toning and staining to the covers and spine edges.
Literary Machines is Nelson’s fleshed-out concept for a sophisticated networked hypertext system. An actual software implementation, the storied Project Xanadu, was later attempted by Autodesk in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before the partly competing concept of the World Wide Web gained traction. This Edition 87.1 is mid-timeframe, self-published; the editions spanned 1981-1993, with the last produced by Mindful Press/Eastgate Systems. Starting Bid $200
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Section 1 The Parties1.1 RR Auction and Auction This Auction is presented by RR Auction, a d/b/a/ of R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC, as identified with the applicable licensing information on the title page of the Catalog or on the www.RRauction.com Internet site. The Auction is conducted under these Conditions of Sale. Announcements and corrections from the podium at live auctions and those made through the Conditions of Sale appearing on the Internet at RRauction.com supersede those in the printed Catalog. 1.2 Bidder Bidder shall mean the original Bidder on the property offered for sale by RR Auction and not any subsequent owner or other person who may acquire or have acquired an interest therein. If Bidder is an agent, the agency must be disclosed in writing to RR Auction prior to the time of sale, otherwise the benefits of the warranty shall be limited to the agent and not transferable to the undisclosed principal. The rights granted to Bidder under these Conditions of Sale are personal and may not be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise without the express written assent of RR Auction. Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey these Conditions of Sale or any of the rights herein, and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. No third party may rely on any benefit or right conferred on any Bidder by these Conditions of Sale, and no third party is intended as a beneficiary of these Conditions of Sale. Bids will not be accepted from minor persons under eighteen (18) years of age without a parent or legal guardian’s written consent containing an acknowledgment of the Conditions of Sale herein and indicating their agreement to be bound thereby on behalf of the Bidder. All Bidders must meet RR Auction’s qualifications to bid. Any Bidder who is not a client in good standing of RR Auction may be disqualified at RR Auction’s sole option and will not be awarded lots. Such determination may be made by RR Auction in its sole and unlimited discretion, at any time prior to, during, or even after the close of the Auction. RR Auction reserves the right to exclude any person from the Auction. If an entity places a bid, then the person executing the bid on behalf of the entity agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid and agrees to be bound by these Conditions of Sale in addition to company for whom the Bidder is acting By accepting the Conditions of Sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. Section 2 Bidding Privileges
2.1 In order to place bids, Bidders who have not established an account with RR Auction must either furnish satisfactory credit information (including two collectibles-related business references) or supply additional information if requested, well in advance of the Auction. Bidders who are not members of RRAuction.com should pre-register before the close of the Auction to allow adequate time to contact references. Privileges will be granted at the sole discretion of RR Auction. Additionally, Bidders who have not previously established credit or who wish to bid in excess of their established credit history may be required to provide a cash deposit prior to RR Auction’s acceptance of a bid. Check writing privileges and immediate delivery of merchandise may also be determined by pre-approval of credit based on a combination of criteria: RRAuction.com history, related industry references, bank verification, a credit bureau report and/or a personal guarantee for a corporate or partnership entity in advance of the Auction venue. 2.2 Bidder providing any false or misleading information provided in connection with the registration shall be a material breach of the Conditions of Sale and in addition to any other remedies at law shall excuse RR Auction from performance under these Conditions of Sale, including the right to any refund. 2.2 Bidding privileges may be revoked without notice, for any reason, at the sole discretion of RR Auction . Section 3 Buyer’s Premium 3.1 The Bidder acknowledges and agrees that a 25% buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price on all individual lots sold in timed and live Auctions. . For payment other than by cash, delivery will not be made unless and until full payment has been received by RR Auction, i.e., check or wired funds have fully cleared. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, signed by RR Auction, payment in full is due within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date, whichever is earlier. Bidder’s failure to pay any payment in full when due required shall constitute a material breach, and in addition to other damages available under contract or law, at RR Auction’s election, RR Auction may cancel the sale and require full premium still be due along with interest at 1.5% per month from the date of breach, or at the maximum legally allowable rate. Section 4 Bidding 4.1 Each Bidder’s determination of its bid should be based upon its own examination of the item(s) and independent investigation, rather than the any reliance as to what is represented in the Catalog, online or elsewhere. Bidder affirms that it regards any statements made by RR Auction concerning the item as solely opinion and that Bidder is making its own inspection and independent evaluation of the goods, and is not relying upon any description or statements by RR Auction (including as to quality, authenticity, provenance, ownership, liens existing, on goods legality, or value) in making its determination to bid on or purchase an item. In any purchase or sale, the value of the item(s) is determined by the price. THE BIDDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RISKS CONCERNING ANY AND ALL PURCHASES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. 4.2 RR AUCTION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS IN BIDDING. A Bidder should make certain to bid on the correct lot and that the bid is the maximum (plus the Buyer’s Premium) that the Bidder is willing and able to pay. Since other Bidders (by mail, facsimile, online, and in person) will be present, and since a reoffering could damage the momentum of the sale, once the hammer has fallen and RR Auction has announced the winning Bidder, such Bidder is unconditionally bound to pay for the lot, even if the Bidder has made a mistake. 4.3 All prospective Bidders who examine lots in person prior to the sale shall personally assume all responsibility for any damage they cause in so doing. RR Auction shall have sole discretion in determining the value of the damage caused, which shall be promptly paid by the prospective Bidder. 4.4 Title to any lot remains with Consignor, any secured party of the Consignor, or assignee of Consignor, as the case may be, until the lot is paid for in full by Bidder and Bidder has fully satisfied any outstanding financial obligations to RR Auction (including as it concerns aby other lots). RR Auction reserves the right to require payment in full before delivering any lot to the successful Bidder. 4.5 It is the Bidder’s responsibility and obligation to have the lots fully insured while in their possession. Bidder assumes any and all risk of loss upon the earlier of shipment to Bidder or in Bidder’s possession. 4.6 Bidder grants to RR Auction or its assigns the right to offset any sums due, or found to be due by RR Auction, and to make such offset from any past, subsequent or future consignment, or items acquired by Bidder in possession or control of RR Auction or from any sums due to Bidder by RR Auction. Bidder fur-
ther grants RR Auction a lien consisting of a senior security interest (or purchase money security interest to the extent applicable) in such sums or items to the fullest extent applicable, authorizes RR Auction to file documents concerning the interest, and Bidder agrees to execute any further documents as may be reasonably necessary to grant RR Auction such security interest. Bidder agrees that RR Auction and its assigns shall be a secured party with respect to items bought by Bidder and in the possession of RR Auction, to the extent of the maximum indebtedness, plus all accrued fees and expenses, until the indebtedness is paid. 4.7 By bidding in this sale, Bidder personally and unconditionally guarantees payment. The authorized representative of any corporate Bidder who is present at the sale shall provide RR Auction or its agent, prior to the commencement of the bidding (or at the time of registration), with a statement signed by a principal, director or officer that they he or she personally and unconditionally guarantees any payment due RR Auction. 4.8 RR Auction may at its sole and absolute discretion, make loans or advances to Consignors and/or prospective Bidders. Section 5 Bidding Options 5.1 Non-Internet bids (including but not limited to in-person, facsimile, phone and mail bids) are treated similarly to floor bids in that they must be on-increment. Any in-person, facsimile, phone, or mail bids that do not conform to a full increment will be rounded up or down to the nearest full increment and this revised amount will be considered Bidder’s high bid. 5.2 When identical bids are submitted, preference is given to the first received. To ensure the greatest accuracy, written bids should be entered on the standard printed bid sheet and be received at RR Auction’s place of business at least twenty-four (24) hours before the Auction start. RR Auction is not responsible for executing mail bids or facsimile bids received on or after the day the first lot is sold, nor Internet bids submitted after the published closing time; nor is RR Auction responsible for proper execution of bids submitted by telephone, mail, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or in person once the Auction begins. 5.3 In all Auctions, bids on an item must raise the current high bid by at least 10%, or as specified on a per-Auction basis. Bids will be accepted in whole dollar amounts only. No “buy” or “unlimited” bids will be accepted. In a live sale, bids on an item can change at the discretion of RR Auction. 5.4 RR Auction reserves the right to accept or decline any bid. Bids must be for an entire lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. All bids are per lot unless otherwise announced. Live auction lots will be sold in their numbered sequence unless RR Auction directs otherwise. It is unlawful and illegal for Bidders to collude, pool, or agree with another Bidder to pay less than the fair value for lot(s). For live auctions, RR Auction will have final discretion in the event that any dispute should arise between Bidders. RR Auction will determine the successful Bidder, cancel the sale, or re-offer and resell the lot or lots in dispute. RR Auction will have final discretion to resolve any disputes arising after the sale and in online auctions. If any dispute arises, RR Auction’s sale record is conclusive. Section 6 Payment 6.1 Subject to fulfillment of all of the Conditions of Sale set forth herein, upon the sooner of (1) the passing of title to the offered lot pursuant to these Conditions of Sale, or (2) possession of the offered lot by the Bidder, Bidder thereupon (a) assumes full risk and responsibility (including without limitation, liability for or damage to frames or glass covering prints, paintings, photos, or other works), and (b) will immediately pay the full purchase price or such part as RR Auction may require. In addition to other remedies available to RR Auction by law, RR Auction reserves the right to impose from the date of sale a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from RR Auction’s premises by the Bidder at his/her expense not later than sixty (60) business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, RR Auction may send the purchased property to a public warehouse for the account, at the risk and expense of the Bidder. 6.2 Payment is due upon closing of the Auction session, or upon presentment of an invoice. RR Auction reserves the right to void an invoice if payment in full is not received within thirteen (13) calendar days of the Auction or within twelve (12) calendar days of the invoice date. In cases of nonpayment, RR Auction’s election to void a sale does not relieve the Bidder from their obligation to pay RR Auction its fees (seller’s and Buyer’s Premium) on the lot and any other damages pertaining to the lot. 6.3 All sales for total invoices greater than $1,000 are strictly for cash in United States dollars (including U.S. currency, bank wire, cashier checks, eChecks, and bank money orders), and are subject to all reporting requirements.
6.4 All deliveries are subject to good funds; funds being received in RR Auction’s account before delivery of the Purchases; and all payments are subject to a clearing period. RR Auction reserves the right to determine if a check constitutes “good funds”: checks drawn on a U.S. bank are subject to a ten (10) calendar day hold, and ten (10) business days when drawn on an international bank. Clients with pre-arranged credit status may receive immediate credit for payments via e-Check, personal or corporate checks. 6.5 In the event that a Bidder’s payment is dishonored upon presentment(s), Bidder shall pay the maximum statutory processing fee set by applicable state law. If Bidder attempts to pay via check and the financial institution denies the transfer from Bidder’s bank account, or the payment cannot be completed using the selected funding source, Bidder agrees to complete payment. 6.7 If RR Auction refers any unpaid invoice to an attorney for collection, the Bidder agrees to pay and shall be liable for RR Auction’s attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by RR Auction in addition to the invoice amount and interest the greater of 1.5% per month or at the maximum legally allowable rate from date of invoice to collection. If RR Auction assigns collection to its house counsel, such attorney’s time expended on the matter shall be compensated at a rate comparable to the hourly rate of independent attorneys. 6.8 RR Auction shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the Bidder (as well as to the extent it is a consignor any other monies owed or due to Bidder) to secure payment of the Auction invoice. RR Auction is further granted a lien and the right to retain possession of any other property of the Bidder then held by RR Auction or its affiliates to secure payment of any Auction invoice or any other amounts due RR Auction or affiliates from the Bidder. With respect to these lien rights, RR Auction shall have all the rights of a secured creditor, including but not limited to the right of sale. In addition, with respect to payment of the Auction invoice(s), the Bidder waives any and all rights of offset he might otherwise have against RR Auction and the consignor of the merchandise included on the invoice (the Consignor”). If a Bidder owes RR Auction or its affiliates on any account, RR Auction and its affiliates shall have the right to offset such unpaid account by any credit balance due Bidder, and it may secure by possessory lien any unpaid amount by any of the Bidder’s property in their possession. 6.9 All checks, cashiers checks, bank checks, or money orders are payable to R&R Auction Company of Massachusetts, LLC. RR Auction clients with an invoice totaling $1,000 or under will have the option to pay by VISA, Mastercard, Discover or Paypal. All Paypal payments must be sent to FinanceDepartment@ rrauction.com. Authorize.net, a third-party service provider contracted by RR Auction for processing on-line payments, charges a nonrefundable service fee of 3%, which will be added to your final invoice should you pay by credit/debit card. Section 7 Sales Tax RR Auction is a remote seller and we are now required to collect Sales/Use Tax from our bidders. The states that we have nexus in we will be required to collect and remit sales tax on your behalf. Each state has different requirements to meet nexus. When RR Auction has achieved a certain monetary and/or invoice threshold in each state we will apply sales tax to your total invoice. The states that are affected are: ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, PENNSYLVANIA,RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN If we have not achieved nexus in a particular state it is still your responsibility to pay sales tax on your purchases. The sales tax rate is determined by the State, Country, and City where purchases are shipped to. If you decide to pick up your purchases at our New Hampshire location you will not be required to pay sales tax. The State of New Hampshire does not have a general sales and use tax. All purchases picked up at our Massachusetts location will be taxed at the current rate of 6.25%. If you have a resale number please email Sue@RRAuction.com or fax to (603) 732-4288 a copy of your state resale certificate and you will be exempt from paying sales tax. Section 8 Delivery; Shipping; and Handling Charges Bidder is liable for shipping and handling and providing accurate information as to shipping or delivery locations and arranging for such. RR Auction is unable to combine purchases from other auctions or affiliates into one package for shipping purposes. Lots won will be shipped in a commercially reasonable time after payment in good funds for the merchandise and the shipping fees is received or credit extended, except when third-party shipment occurs. Bidder agrees that
service and handling charges related to shipping items which are not pre-paid may be charged to a credit card on file with RR Auction. Successful international Bidders shall provide written shipping instructions, including specified Customs declarations, to RR Auction for any lots to be delivered outside of the United States. NOTE: Declaration value shall be the item’(s) hammer price and RR Auction shall use the correct harmonized code for the lot. Domestic Bidders on lots designated for third-party shipment must designate the common carrier, accept risk of loss, and prepay shipping costs. Section 9 Title Title shall not pass to the successful Bidder until all invoices of Bidder (including those pertaining to the item(s) at issue) and amounts owed to RR Auction are paid in full. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to provide adequate insurance coverage for the items once they have been delivered to a common carrier or third-party shipper. Section 10 Rights Reserved RR Auction reserves the right, at any time before, during or after an auction has ended to: withdraw any lot before or at the time of the Auction, cancel any bid, and/or to postpone the Auction of all or any lots or parts thereof, for any reason. RR Auction shall not be liable to any Bidder in the event of such withdrawal, cancellation, or postponement under any circumstances. RR Auction reserves the right to refuse to accept bids from anyone at any time. Section 11 Conducting the Auction 11.1 RR Auction reserves the right to postpone the Auction or any session thereof for a reasonable period of time for any reason whatsoever, and no Bidder or prospective Bidder shall have any claim as a result thereof, including consequential damages. 11.2 RR Auction’s Discretion: RR Auction shall determine opening bids and bidding increments. RR Auction has the right in its absolute discretion to reject any bid in the event of dispute between Bidders or if RR Auction has doubt as to the validity of any bid, to advance the bidding at its absolute discretion and to determine the successful Bidder in the event of a dispute between Bidders, to continue the bidding or to reoffer and resell the lot in question. In the event of a dispute after the sale, RR Auctions record of final sale shall be conclusive. RR Auction also may reject any bid if RR Auction decides either that any bid is below the reserve of the lot or article or that an advance is insufficient. Unless otherwise announced by RR Auction at the time of sale, no lots may be divided for the purpose of sale. 11.3 Reserves Lots may be subject to a reserve which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. Consignors may not bid on their own lots or property. RR Auction may, from time to time, bid on items that it does not own. RR Auction may execute bids consecutively or otherwise up to one bid increment below the reserve. 11.4 Off-Site Bidding Bidding by telephone, facsimile, online, or absentee bidding (advance written bids submitted by mail) are offered solely as a convenience and permitted subject to advance arrangements, availability, and RR Auction’s approval which shall be exercised at RR Auction’s sole discretion. Neither RR Auction nor its agents or employees shall be held liable for the failure to execute bids or for errors relating to any transmission or execution thereof. In order to be considered for off-site bidding in any manner, Bidders must comply with all of these Conditions of Sale and the terms contained on the Registration Form. 11.5 Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading). 11.6 Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction. 11.7 Before the Auction:
Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment. 11.8 Maximum Bids In All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid. 11.9 Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice. 11.10 Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers. 11.11 Bidding in Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/ EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/ EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion. 11.12 Bidding - Internet Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. During live internet or live auction, property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone,
internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid or bids (successively or otherwise) on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve. All auctions for lots are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise. During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www.invaluable. com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any third-party site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third-party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium. 11.13 Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with ”donot-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available. 11.14 Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety. Section 12 RR Auction’s Remedies Failure of the Bidder to comply with any of these Conditions of Sale or the terms of the Registration Form is an event of material breach or default. In such event, RR Auction may, in addition to any other available remedies specifically including the right to hold the defaulting Bidder liable for the Purchase Price or to charge and collect from the defaulting Bidder’s credit or debit accounts as provided for elsewhere herein: (a) cancel the sale, retaining any payment made by the Bidder as damages (the Bidder understands and acknowledges that RR Auction will be substantially damaged should such default occur, and that damages under subpart (a) are necessary to compensate RR Auction for such damages); (b) resell the property without reserve at public auction or privately; (c) charge the Bidder interest on the Purchase Price at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest allowable interest rate; (d) take any other action that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to preserve and protect RR Auction’s rights and remedies. Should RR Auction resell the property, the original defaulting Bidder shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs and expenses associated there with, including but not limited to warehousing, sales-related expenses, reasonable attorney fees and court costs, commissions, incidental damages and any other charges due hereunder which were not collected or collectable. In the event that such Bidder is the successful Bidder on more than one lot and pays less than the purchase price for the total lots purchased, RR Auction shall apply the payment received to such lot or lots that RR Auction, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. If RR Auction does not exercise such discretion, the lots to which the payment shall be applied will be in descending order from the highest purchase price to the lowest. Any Bidder failing to comply with these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to have granted RR Auction a security interest in, and RR Auction may retain as collateral such security for such Bidder’s obligations to RR Auction, any Bidder’s property in RR Auction’s possession or to which title has not yet passed to Bidder. RR Auction shall have the benefit of all rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Section 13 Warranties
13.1 RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale. All property and lots are sold ”as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) related to the item, or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title. 13.2 All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of actual value or predictions of final bid prices. 13.3 Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly. 13.4 All lots sold by RR Auction are accompanied by an Auction Certificate (“AC”). On any lot presented with an AC issued by RR Auction, the certification is only as to its attribution to the person or entity described or to the lot’s usage and only as explicitly stated therein (the “AC”), to the exclusion of any other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. The AC inures only to the original Bidder (as shown in RR Auction’s records). Bidder may not transfer, assign, or otherwise convey the AC and such purported transfer, assignment, or conveyance shall be null and void. Section 14 Firearms RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm. Section 15 Unauthorized Statements Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed Bidder and by an authorized officer of RR Auction by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction. Section 16 Bidder’s Remedies 16.1 Except as stated expressly herein, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy related to or pertaining to items it bids upon, views, or purchases from RR Auction, and any claims by Bidder related to authenticity, ownership, condition, title or value, shall be against Consignor only. 16.2 This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder as against
RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, officers, managers, employees or agents), or in any way arising out of, related to, or in connection with these Conditions of Sale, , and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. Time is of the essence with respect to these procedures. 16.3 Title to Items The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, satisfactory to the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction may make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand (if any made), RR Auction may disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and may assign to Bidder all or some of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and/or assignment, all responsibility and liability of RR Auction, if any, with respect to said lot or item shall automatically terminate related to or arising from these Conditions of Sale or such transaction operating as a complete waiver and general release by Bidder as to RR Auction and its agents, contractors, and affiliates, as to any and all claims concerning or related to the item, if any . RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction by Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances. 16.4 Authenticity Challenge Process (1) If Bidder wishes to dispute or challenge the Authenticity of the lot or item (including asserting that it is incorrect), Bidder must adhere to the following procedure: Within 30 days of the Auction Date, Bidder must present written evidence to RR Auction, that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field (and one recognized by RR Auction within its discretion) and send the physical item or lot at issue to RR Auction along with all evidence relied upon by Bidder for contesting the Authenticity. (“Authenticity Challenge Process”) “Authenticity” shall mean a gross discrepancy in the between the description, genuiness, or attribution of the item as represented by RR Auction in the Catalog or at the auction, and the item. If RR Auction concurs that the lot is not Authentic as was represented (it is sole discretion), Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy as against RR Auction (inclusive of its affiliates, agents, employees, and contractors) shall be a refund of the purchase price of the subject item paid by Bidder, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable by Bidder. If RR Auction does not agree with the assertion by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale. Strict adherence to the Authenticity Challenge Process is a condition of standing for Bidder to initiate suit or claim. (2) So long as Bidder has complied with the Authenticity Challenge Process, any claim, suit or action, by Bidder concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity, or related to the authenticity of the item must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Auction Date and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. 16.5 Other Issues. Any dispute or claim by Bidder against RR Auction (or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors)) other than Authenticity, concerning any item or lot bid upon, or purchased, including value, title, condition, bidding process, or description must be asserted (if at all) in the following manner: (1) If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially or grossly incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), or there is any other gross material issue pertaining to the item or lot, the item or lot may be returned if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date with explanation in writing.. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and a certificate of auction, then the description in the certificate of auction (“Lot Challenge Process”). This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction within the period of time stated herein or not materially or grossly in deviation from the description. Such a refund is subject to RR Auction’s sole discretionary review, and any request for refund must be made concurrently with returning the physical item or lot to RR Auction. Any item not returned within said frame will constitute acceptance of the item and a waiver and release of any and all claims by Bidder pertaining to the item other than with respect to authenticity; and (2) Provided that the Bidder has engaged in the Lot Challenge Process, any
claim concerning such must be brought no later than one (1) year of the Auction Date for the item or lot at issue and is subject to the other limitations and conditions stated in the Conditions of Sale. NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR PROVIDED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE AND BIDDERS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SHALL BE A COMPLETE DEFENSE TO ANY CLAIMS BY BIDDER RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, ANY AUCTION OR BID. 16.6 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. For any and all claims by Bidder arising out of or related to this Agreement, Bidder’s viewing, bid, or purchase of items, or any agreement between the Parties, or otherwise, Bidder agrees that to the fullest extent such can be limited under the law, Bidder shall have no right to recover and hereby waives any and all rights to recover from against RR Auction or its affiliates, directors, employees, officers, agents, or contractors, consequential or indirect damages, lost profits damages, punitive, exemplary, statutory (or multiplier damages), physical or emotional distress damages, general or special damages of any kind (beyond amounts actually paid by Bidder for item(s) at issue), and in the event of recovery of any damages whatsoever, such shall be limited by the amounts actually paid by Bidder to RR Auction for the item(s) at issue in such claim, or if no money was paid to RR Auction by Bidder for items at issue, or there items are at issue, the amount of $150.00. Section 17 RR Auction’s Additional Services For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge. Section 18 Headings Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer. Section 19 Entire Agreement Except to the extent Bidder is also a consignor (in which case the terms of the consignment agreement shall also govern), these Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the Parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the auction Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties. If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the agreement and remainder of the sections or terms and provisions of the section and all sections shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Section 20 Governing Law and Enforcement 20.1 The Parties agree that all agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location. 20.2 The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, any other related agreement(s), along with all claims between the Parties, including those arising out of or related to such are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute between the Parties, including but not limited to those related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the ”Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association
(the “AAA”) The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA in Boston, Massachusetts, unless the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, in which case, such rules and venue will govern. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall also recover all of its related fees and costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, if RR Auction prevails, such recovery, in addition to all remedies available at agreement or law, shall include the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. Federal arbitration law, including the Federal Arbitration Act apply to this agreement to arbitrate and its related provisions. The arbitration and all related proceedings shall be held strictly confidential and all documents and discovery shall be held confidential and not used, published or disclosed publically or to anyone outside the Parties or expert consultants or counsel who shall agree to hold such confidential.
(along with its officers, directors, agents, contractors, and affiliates) from and against any and all claims, costs, fees, damages, and liabilities arising out of or related to these Conditions of Sale, view of items, or lots, bidding, or participation in any auction by RR Auction, and/or or in any way connected to any item you viewed, bid upon or purchased through RR Auction.
20.3 The Parties consent to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all claims between the Parties except as provided specifically herein and may seek confirmation of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in any Court of competent jurisdiction, including the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. To the extent such is necessary under the law, RR Auction may enforce the Arbitration award against Bidder and any related Party in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as RR Auction consenting to jurisdiction or venue in any location outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
For Residents of California:
THE PARTIES MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER AS A CLASS OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLAIMED CLASS, OR IN A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED, THE CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF THE OTHER CANNOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON OR ENTITIES’ CLAIMS. NO INJUNCTIVE OR DECLATORY RELIEF SOUGHT BY BIDDER IF ANY, CAN AFFECT OR BE ORDERED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER BIDDERS OR PERSONS.
A written express warranty is provided with each autographed collectible, as required by law. This dealer may be surety bonded or otherwise insured to ensure the authenticity of any autographed collectible sold by this dealer.
20.4 Except as provided specifically in these Conditions of Sale in Bidder’s Remedies against RR Auction (along with its affiliates, directors, agents, officers, employees, and contractors) for any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other related agreement(s), brought by Bidder must be brought within the earlier of the Auction Date as it pertains to the item(s) at issue or no later than one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances occurred giving rise to the alleged claim, without exception. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute bar to and release of any claims by Bidder initiated after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale. 20.5 To the fullest extent under applicable law and except as specifically stated herein Bidder hereby holds harmless, releases and discharges RR Auction and its agents, officer’s directors, affiliates, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, demands, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected existing prior to these Conditions of Sale. Bidder agrees to the Conditions of Sale and upon each instance that Bidder participates in any auction, bids, or otherwise agrees to such terms and reaffirms this release as of the date of so participating or agreeing unless Bidder otherwise provides clear written notice to RR Auction prior to so bidding. 20.6 The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction. 20.7 Liquidated Damages for Specific Breaches In the event that Bidder provides false information in connection with registering for bidding, fails to correct or update information or breaches the Conditions of Sale by failing to pay the purchase price when due after becoming the winning bidder, as liquidated damages associated with such breaches, R&R may obtain from Bidder the greater of (1) 150% the reserve of the item (if any); (2) the amount bidder bid; or (3), the full amount that bidder would have otherwise paid. Bidder will also be liable for an additional 20% of such amount to account for additional administrative costs, shipping, additional advertising, and other damages and liabilities fees that are difficult to calculate on an item-by-item basis. 20.8 Indemnity. Bidder agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless RR Auction
Section 21: State-by-State Law Issues This Auction is being conducted in and the sale shall take place in the State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, the foregoing, should these terms and conditions violate the law of any State should that state’s law be found to govern, or any provision herein determined to be invalid, the clause itself and the remainder of the Agreement shall be valid to the fullest extent allowed. Also, to the extent other states law apply to any transaction arising out of the Agreement (without admitting such), RR Auction states:
SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLES: AS REQUIRED BY LAW, A DEALER WHO SELLS TO A CONSUMER ANY COLLECTIBLE DESCRIBED AS BEING AUTOGRAPHED MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPRESS WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF SALE. THIS DEALER MAY BE SURETY BONDED OR OTHERWISE INSURED TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANY AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTIBLE SOLD BY THIS DEALER.
Section 22 Glossary of Condition terms Information provided to prospective Bidders with respect of any lot, including any pre-sale estimate, whether written or oral, and information in any catalogue, condition or other report, commentary or valuation, is not a representation of fact but rather a statement of opinion held by RR Auction. Use of the following terms constitutes an opinion as follows: VERY FINE describes an item believed to be in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance. FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that we believe to show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors. VERY GOOD describes an item that we believe exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example). GOOD describes an item which we believe to have obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise believed to be exceedingly rare or important. Bidder may call and request further details and information about RR Auction’s opinions concerning any item via phone or email which shall provided in RR Auction’s discretion. Certificate of Auction, Certificate of Authenticity and Goods Acquired: Bidder warrants that Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall not purposely deface, destroy, dismember, cut-up into parts the item or Lot purchased at auction from RR Auction and in the event such shall occur whether purposefully or accidently, Bidder (and its agents, assigns, successors, and affiliates) shall refrain from advertising, promoting, or marketing the item as having been purchased from RR Auction and shall in no event display, expressly claim, or imply that the item was certified or auctioned in such state by RR Auction. As liquidated damages for such breach, Bidder agrees to be liable to RR Auction for the greater of the amount of three (3) times the hammer price of the item along with all other fees and costs as otherwise provided in this Terms of Sale.
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