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Steve Jobs Letter Saying He Doesn't Sign Autographs Sells for Almost $500K
Posted on September 01 2021
Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein with famous E = mc2 equation gets $1.2M at Auction
Posted on June 12 2021
Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein with famous E = mc2 equation gets $1.2M at auction
Collecting Autographs As An Investment in Life
Posted on November 30 2020
Investment Collecting Autographs As An Investment in Life Collecting autographs and historical documents is the best investment you can make in enjoying life. It enables you to more intimately appreciate the people and times that interest you. There are no personal limits as there frequently are with careers—octogenarian collectors are...
'Billionaire Collectibles' Owners Will Part With Prized Steve Jobs Autograph for $77,000
Posted on May 02 2020
'Billionaire Collectibles' Owners Will Part With Prized Steve Jobs Autograph for $77,000.
On Collecting Historical Memorabilia
Posted on August 17 2019
On Collecting Historical Memorabilia My Thoughts on Autograph Collecting and Collecting Historical Memorabilia Historical document and autograph collecting, and collecting historical memorabilia is a virtual time machine that takes us into the lives of those persons in culture and history whose genius has touched us, whose lives and accomplishments have...
Bill Gates: What This Legendary Artist Can Teach Us About Innovation
Posted on March 01 2019
What art and optimism have to do with Leonardo da Vinci, according to Bill Gates Gates is an entrepreneur and philanthropist and a co-founder of Microsoft. He is a co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. When I think about the connection between art and optimism, the first...
Yankee’s Contract Signed by Babe Ruth Sells for $295K
Posted on February 23 2019
“You just can't beat the person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth A historic 1932 Yankees contract signed by Babe Ruth sold at auction for $295,531 on Friday. The agreement, signed in the midst of the Great Depression, is special because the Bambino took a pay cut while the...
Historical WWII Document Going on Sale $3.5M
Posted on January 31 2019
The original Surrender Agreement by Germany that ended WWII in Europe will be for sale. Dealer Gary Zimet is shopping the 1945 historical document for $3.5 million. “It belongs to a client, and I am selling it on his behalf,” he said. “The clerk misdated it May 7 and handwrote...
Declaration of Independence Found in a $4 Picture Frame.
Posted on July 22 2018
Declaration of Independence Found in a $4 Picture Frame By RITA REIF The TimesMachine archive April 3, 1991. A collector who spent $4 at a Pennsylvania flea market two years ago for a dismal painting because he liked the frame now finds himself the possessor of a first printing of...
Steve Jobs' 1973 job application fetches $174,000 at auction
Posted on March 19 2018
The application dated 1973, complete with spelling and punctuation errors, had been expected to fetch about $50,000. The sale price reached on Thursday was $174,757, the auction house said. An Internet entrepreneur from England was the winning bidder, Boston-based auction house RR Auction said on Friday, but the buyer wished...
Magazine autographed by Steve Jobs sells at auction for over $50,000
Posted on October 30 2017
By AppleInsider Staff Friday, October 27, 2017, 06:37 pm PT (09:37 pm ET) A 1988 copy of Newsweek signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sold for $50,587 in an auction this week, more than tripling estimates set by auction house RR Auction. The Newsweek magazine was put up for sale...
Did you know that Bill Gates owns one of Leonardo da Vinci‘s notebooks?
Posted on October 29 2017
Did you know that Bill Gates owns one of Leonardo da Vinci‘s notebooks? Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates is known to be an avid reader, and his home library is filled with rare books selected by a professional book dealer. In 1994, he purchased Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex Leicester," a manuscript...
Jackie Robinson's 1947 MLB Contract Going Up for Auction
Posted on September 23 2017
ESPN calls Jackie Robinson's first contract with a Major League Baseball team from 1947 "[t]he most significant document in Major League Baseball history," and reports that it's going to be hitting the auction block for the very first time next month. On November 16th, the bidding will conclude at the Jackie...
Charlie Sheen's Classic Babe Ruth Articles Fetch Nearly $4.4 Million
Posted on July 05 2017
Two pieces of Babe Ruth memorabilia sold for big bucks Saturday morning. A 1927 World Series title ring, attributed to Ruth with "G H Ruth" inscribed inside, sold for $2,093,927, while an original copy of the sale document that sent Ruth from the? Boston Red Sox to the New York...
Found Tupac Notebooks Go To Auction
Posted on June 09 2017
Three notebooks owned by Tupac Shakur, each containing handwritten lyrics, music video ideas and other notes by the rapper, are set to hit the auction block. Moments in Time, the same auction that auctioned off Shakur's five-page prison letter to a former Death Row employee, will once again handle the...
Apple's Founders Contract Sells for $1.6 Million
Posted on June 09 2017
In 1976, he had a chance to partner with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to build Apple. He had a 10% stake in the company. But, he decided it wasn't for him, so he left and sold back his stake for $800. Today, 10% of Apple is worth $36.4 billion. (Odds...
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