Rare Steve Jobs items hit the auction block

A 1970s Allan Alcorn Atari Inc employee ID and Atari Pong ‘Home Edition’ prototype game console are pictured during a preview of items offered in RR Auction’s ‘The Steve Jobs Revolution’ sale, in New York City, US. — Reuters

NEW YORK: Items from the birth of Apple, home computing and video gaming are up for grabs at an auction, which will conclude on March 17.

The top lot from “The Steve Jobs Revolution: Engelbart, Atari, and Apple” auction is a July 1976 check to pay US$3,430 (RM14,327) for parts for the Apple 1 computer, signed by Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.