乔布斯求职信拍出17.4万美元 远超预估价
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,苹果公司创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯填写了一份求职申请,申请中透露了他对科技的向往。如今,这份申请在美国的一家拍卖行被拍出17.4万美元的价格,这要比此前预计的价格高出三倍还多。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.
波士顿的RR拍卖行在上周五表示,一位英国籍的互联网企业家是这场竞标的赢家,但是他希望能够匿名购买。The application dated 1973, complete with spelling and punctuation errors, had been expected to fetch about $50,000.
这份1973年的申请充斥着各种拼写和标点符号的错误,之前一度被期待也就能拍到5万美元。
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."
表格上写着的名字为“史蒂文·乔布斯”,地址是俄勒冈州波特兰“里德学院”,乔布斯曾在此短暂就读。在“电话”一栏旁边,他则写了“没有”。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“技能亮点”这一栏中,乔布斯写着“科技与设计工程师,惠普旁的数字硬盘海湾”,这里引用了加利福尼亚科技公司先驱惠普以及旧金山湾。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.
该申请并没有说明要投递的是什么职位或什么公司。三年后,乔布斯和朋友史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克创立了苹果公司。RR Auction said the high price reflected the continuing influence of Jobs, who died of cancer in 2011 at the age of 56.
RR拍卖行表示,拍卖的高价格反映了乔布斯的持续影响。乔布斯于2011年因癌症去世,享年56岁。