MEMORABILIA: STEVE JOBS' BOW TIE AND MARK ZUCKERBERG'S Hoddie Dazzle at Autcion!

 Los Angeles, California – –Julien’s Auctions concluded “SPOTLIGHT: History and Technology,” their exclusive curated auction featuring nearly 40 rare and fascinating artifacts from modern world history, as well as archival material and personal objects from the disruptors and pioneers of politics, science, and industry in the 20^th and 21^st centuries February 27, 2025 at Julien’s Studios in Los Angeles and online at Julien’s Auctions. 

Steve Jobs’ wardrobe from his Birkenstocks to turtlenecks are as legendary as his innovations selling for record breaking numbers at auction. Today one of his signature bow ties, the Apple co-founder’s green Wilkes Bashford brand bow tie with pink stripes, worn during two different photo shoots surrounding the release of the new Macintosh Computer in 1984 and at the 1983 International Design Conferentied the knot for US$35,750, thirty-five times its estimate.

One of Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite Facebook hoodies, a black Alternative brand hoodie, custom-made with a 2010 Facebook mission statement logo was liked for US$15,875, over fifteen times its original estimate. The hoodie was worn by the Facebook co-founder on numerous occasions during 2010, the same year that saw the release of The Social Network and Zuckerberg’s cover story in Time magazine as "Person of The Year."

Other intriguing historic highlights included: a large format color photograph featuring the launch of a SpaceX rocket, signed by the company's founder, Elon Musk (US$10,400, over one hundred times its original estimate); John F. Kennedy’s ivory cotton snap-fly boxer shorts from his service in the U.S. Navy Reserve during World War II (US$9,100, nine times its original estimate); an original White Star Line envelope signed by all four of the surviving Titanic officers together with a cut sheet signed by Captain Edward James Smith, and a reprint photograph of Smith with the crew of the Olympic (US$3,575); and more.