喬布斯求職信拍出17.4萬美元 遠超預估價
A one-page job application filled out by Steve Jobs more than four decades ago that reflected the Apple founder's technology aspirations sold for $174,000 at a U.S. auction, more than three times its presale estimate.
四十多年前,蘋果公司創始人史蒂夫·喬布斯填寫了一份求職申請,申請中透露了他對科技的嚮往。如今,這份申請在美國的一家拍賣行被拍出17.4萬美元的價格,這要比此前預計的價格高出三倍還多。An Internet entrepreneur from England was the winning bidder, Boston-based auction house RR Auction said last Friday, but the buyer wished to remain anonymous.
波士頓的RR拍賣行在上週五表示,一位英國籍的互聯網企業家是這場競標的贏家,但是他希望能夠匿名購買。The application dated 1973, complete with spelling and punctuation errors, had been expected to fetch about $50,000.
這份1973年的申請充斥着各種拼寫和標點符號的錯誤,之前一度被期待也就能拍到5萬美元。
The form lists his name as "Steven jobs" and address as "reed college," the Portland, Oregon, college he attended briefly. Next to "Phone:" he wrote "none."
表格上寫着的名字為“史蒂文·喬布斯”,地址是俄勒岡州波特蘭“裏德學院”,喬布斯曾在此短暫就讀。在“電話”一欄旁邊,他則寫了“沒有”。Under a section titled "Special Abilities," Jobs wrote "tech or design engineer. digital.—from Bay near Hewitt-Packard," a reference to pioneering California technology company Hewlett-Packard and the San Francisco Bay area.
在“技能亮點”這一欄中,喬布斯寫着“科技與設計工程師,惠普旁的數字硬盤海灣”,這裏引用了加利福尼亞科技公司先驅惠普以及舊金山灣。The document does not state what position or company the application was intended for. Jobs and friend Steve Wozniak founded Apple about three years later.
該申請並沒有説明要投遞的是什麼職位或什麼公司。三年後,喬布斯和朋友史蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克創立了蘋果公司。RR Auction said the high price reflected the continuing influence of Jobs, who died of cancer in 2011 at the age of 56.
RR拍賣行表示,拍賣的高價格反映了喬布斯的持續影響。喬布斯於2011年因癌症去世,享年56歲。