Yes, you can buy Steve Jobs’ eighth grade science fair project (updated with auction results)

by Jonny Evans · Published August 18, 2026 · Updated August 21, 2026

Apple collectors have a unique opportunity to purchase a priceless Steve Jobs artifact in the form of his eighth grade science fair project, kept for decades in the family home.

Dated Feb. 29, 1968, “What Is the Silicon-Controlled Rectifier?” includes a 32-inch plywood display with two demonstration circuits, a 10-page report and hand-drawn circuit diagrams.

Another rare item is the Apple P68 ‘Stealth iPod’ Development Prototype.

Developed by Apple’s Special Projects Group during creation of the original iPod, the oversized engineering enclosure concealed the product’s final dimensions while engineers refined its hardware and software ahead of its public introduction in October 2001.

Preserved by original iPod team program manager Jim Dumont, the prototype is accompanied by an extensive archive documenting the culture and milestones of Apple’s original iPod engineering team.

These are just two within an extensive collection of items up for sale in the latest RR Auction Appe memorabilia sale, which also features a fully functional ‘Neumark’ 1977 Apple-1 Computer from the second batch of 50 Apple-1 computers produced and sold. The accompanying archive documents the machine as an actively used personal computer during Apple’s earliest years.

The sale also features a Steve Jobs-signed Apple Computer business card, a Steve Jobs-signed Apple Computer Company check dated July 29, 1976 and an exceptionally early Apple II preserved in its scarce original ventless case. An Apple Lisa-1 with its original ‘Twiggy’ floppy drives is also up for sale.

Other items include a factory-sealed 4GB first-generation Apple iPhone, computers preserved in the Jobs family home, a Steve Jobs-signed 1984 Macintosh team letter, signed Apple business cards, rare Apple prototypes, early processors, and other artifacts documenting the birth and growth of personal computing.

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UPDATE:

These were the results at auction:

The “Neumark” Apple-1 computer sold for $499,363, while a circa 1983 Apple Computer business card signed by Steve Jobs brought $156,658.

“These results cover several generations of personal computing, from the Apple-1 and the beginnings of Apple to the development of the iPod,” said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction. “Then you have something as simple as Steve Jobs’ business card from an important period at Apple. Signed business cards from this period are rarely seen.”

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