A rare iPad signed by Steve Jobs will be auctioned soon
CTOnews.com, Sept. 15-RR Auctions is auctioning an iPad with Jobs' autograph on the back. RR Auctions also auctioned two original iPhone that have not yet been unsealed, but the iPad signed by Jobs attracted more attention. In the product introduction, Jobs gave it as a gift to a Hawaiian dentist.
Dentist Frank H. Sayre said he received a call in the spring of 2010 to arrange for Jobs to see a doctor. Jobs was accompanied by his wife, Lauren Powell Jobs (Laurene Powell Jobs), and Sayre refused Jobs' medical expenses after the treatment.
Sayre explained that they have a policy that there is no charge for any traveler out of town who needs emergency treatment, and Jobs is his "Aloha Patients."
After questioning, Sayre said it was raising money for a silent auction and asked for a signed iPad. Jobs' administrative assistant, LaNita Burkhead, wrote back in August 2010, mailing Sayre an autographed iPad (32 GB Wi-Fi + 3G), saying it was a personal gift from Jobs.
Online bidding for the iPad will begin on September 23, but the auction house has adopted the pre-live bidding approach, with 10 bidders currently bidding for a maximum of $11794 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 85860 yuan).
