Fortune cover signed by Steve Jobs sells for $16k

A Fortune magazine from 1989 featuring Steve Jobs and autographed by him has sold for more than $16,000, reports William Gallagher of Apple Insider.

Gallagher writes, “The cover of Fortune magazine’s October 9, 1989 issue featuring Steve Jobs, has been sold at auction for almost 5,000 times its original $3.50 cover price. The cover is autographed ‘To Terry, Steve Jobs’ and dates from when he had was with NeXT.

“‘I was one of Jobs’s chauffeur drivers for several years before I asked Jobs to sign this magazine,’ says Terry — surname not revealed — as part of his auction letter of authenticity. ‘Although Jobs subsequently called my limousine company to complain about the autograph request.’

“The auction, held on Thursday, July 30, by Nate D. Saunders Auctions, was a general collection of historical papers, photographs, and some objects, though this was the only Apple-related item. It had a reserve of $11,000 and there were three bids.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.