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Saturday, 17 October 2026dailybeirut.com
Miscellaneous
Steve Jobs’ hand-built 1968 eighth-grade science fair project—a silicon-controlled rectifier demonstration with two experimental circuits and a 10-page report—sold for $34,375 at RR Auction’s “Steve Jobs and the Computer Revolution” sale.
A hand-built science fair project created by Steve Jobs in 1968 while he was an eighth-grade student has sold for $34,375 at RR Auction. The item, described as being in “very good to excellent condition,” featured a silicon-controlled rectifier demonstration, two experimental circuits, and a 10-page report.
According to RR Auction, the project remained at the famed “Apple Garage” for decades after Jobs’ family retained possession of it. Jobs’ half-brother, John Schaffanick, stated that Jobs repeatedly declined to reclaim the project, ultimately allowing Schaffanick to keep it.
The project was part of RR Auction’s “Steve Jobs and the Computer Revolution: Apple’s 50th Anniversary Sale, Part II.” As reported by 9to5mac, the auction concluded with this item fetching $34,375.
This second installment of the Apple anniversary auction featured approximately 150 rare items related to Apple and computing history. Among them were a signed Steve Jobs business card, sold for $156,658; a personal collection of electronic components owned by Jobs, sold for $27,188; and a 1983 letter in which Jobs declined an invitation to deliver a speech, sold for $24,695.
The highest-priced item in the auction was a fully functional Apple-1 computer from the second production run—of which 50 units were built—which sold for $499,363.
