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Fri Aug 28 2026, 12:28 PM EDT · 1 minute read
Steve Jobs' 8th-grade science project sells for $34,375
Someone did, in fact, buy the Steve Jobs 8th-grade science fair project for roughly the same price as a brand-new midsize sedan.
Earlier in August, I’d reported on yet another Steve Jobs-based auction. These seem to be happening with increased frequency, and I suspect it has something to do with Jobs’ stepbrother, John Chovanec, cleaning out the family home.
Among the usual collection of computer parts, Apple-1 units, and some sealed first-generation iPhones, there were more personal effects. One, of course, being Jobs’ 8th grade science project, which sold for $34,375.
The Apple logo sun catcher, which was my personal favorite, commanded a respectable $4,365.
The biggest ticket item of the auction was an Apple-1 dubbed the “Neumark” Apple-1. It featured a unique Smith-Corona Typewriter case and sold for nearly a half million dollars, coming in at $499,363 by auction’s end.
A “stealth iPod” development prototype nearly doubled its $50,000 estimate, bringing in $91,479 by the time the auction ended.
Other notable items included:
Whoever wound up with the lot of vintage employee apparel got a deal, though. It sold for $875, below the $1,000 estimate.
Unsurprisingly, the Twitter flotsam largely came in barely above the estimates.
Amber worked at MacNN and Electronista from 2015 until 2017, reviewing software, apps, games, and tech accessories. In 2019, she signed up with AppleInsider, where she covers all things Apple, with a focus on tech rev…

I've if I had the necessary disposable income for this sort of thing, I don't know that I'd invest in any of it. But more power to those that can and do.
But IF I had the monies for that sort of indulgences, I'd commission a mobile or some kind of display of sun catchers of the various iterations of the Apple logo. Nothing fancy, just like the linked in the article. All made of Swarovski crystal. What Liquid Glass should have been. But I'd settle for engraved acrylic if I had to.

An 8th-grade science project by Steve Jobs selling for just $34,375, Wow! That’s an awesome buy. Compared with a signed business 'card' selling for $156,658.
His 8th-grade science project would be SO much cooler to own. That’s both historic and awesome. I’d personally pay more for the science project than the business card if I had the funds!
This auction must have slipped under a lot of people’s radar to go for that price!!

I would pay at least $35,000 for the following objects:

https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/comment/3508015#Comment_3508015
I have access to a laser cutter and need $34,000.

(I jest.)
https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/comment/3508016#Comment_3508016
Like with a ton of stuff, I'm pretty sure the issue is where do you actually store it. It's not small, and I don't exactly see many people clearing off space on the credenza to house a big ol wooden display. Even if you have a big house, I'm not entirely sure there's like… a "home" for it.
At least with a business card you can put it under one of those acrylic cubes like they use to house rare baseball cards or beanie babies.
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