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Ron Wayne's Apple II Advance Order Information Brochure Ron Wayne’s original “Apple-II Advance Order Information” brochure released by Apple Computer in early 1977, four pages, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front in black ink by the Apple cofounder, "Ronald G. Wayne,” who signs over his embossed personal seal. The brochure, which bears Apple's first official address at "770 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA"—the location of an answering service and mail drop that the company used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage—contains ample technical information relative to the Apple II computer, including specifications for “Video Display,” “Memory,” “I/O,” and “Software,” which includes “APPLE BASIC...an integer BASIC supplied in 6k bytes of ROM.” Most significantly, the brochure contains a “Get on the List” offer section and form with purchase options for quantity and memory. A section marked “The Offer,” reads, in full: “We expect a sizable backlog of orders almost immediately after APPLE-II is nationally announced in April. This advance offer is extended to allow you to order an Apple-II from the first production run, thus be guaranteed delivery by April 30, 1977. The terms of the advance order are as follows: 1. All orders will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis regardless of quantity. 2. A deposit of one-third (1/3) of the total dollar amount ordered will be required and must accompany the order, the balance due on delivery. 3. All California residents must add 6 1/2% sales tax on retail orders. 4. Apple will pay all shipping (UPS) and order handling charges. 5. Delivery is guaranteed on or before April 30, 1977. In very fine condition. A rare surviving piece of Apple II ephemera that predates the unit’s release and subsequent ascent as America’s most influential personal computer. Provenance: Christie’s Auctions, The Ron Wayne Apple Archive, December 2014.

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Ron Wayne's Apple II Advance Order Information Brochure Ron Wayne’s original “Apple-II Advance Order Information” brochure released by Apple Computer in early 1977, four pages, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front in black ink by the Apple cofounder, "Ronald G. Wayne,” who signs over his embossed personal seal. The brochure, which bears Apple's first official address at "770 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA"—the location of an answering service and mail drop that the company used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage—contains ample technical information relative to the Apple II computer, including specifications for “Video Display,” “Memory,” “I/O,” and “Software,” which includes “APPLE BASIC...an integer BASIC supplied in 6k bytes of ROM.” Most significantly, the brochure contains a “Get on the List” offer section and form with purchase options for quantity and memory. A section marked “The Offer,” reads, in full: “We expect a sizable backlog of orders almost immediately after APPLE-II is nationally announced in April. This advance offer is extended to allow you to order an Apple-II from the first production run, thus be guaranteed delivery by April 30, 1977. The terms of the advance order are as follows: 1. All orders will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis regardless of quantity. 2. A deposit of one-third (1/3) of the total dollar amount ordered will be required and must accompany the order, the balance due on delivery. 3. All California residents must add 6 1/2% sales tax on retail orders. 4. Apple will pay all shipping (UPS) and order handling charges. 5. Delivery is guaranteed on or before April 30, 1977. In very fine condition. A rare surviving piece of Apple II ephemera that predates the unit’s release and subsequent ascent as America’s most influential personal computer. Provenance: Christie’s Auctions, The Ron Wayne Apple Archive, December 2014.

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Ron Wayne's (4) Original Apple II Cabinet Design Sketches Ron Wayne’s set of four original sketches for the cabinet design of the Apple II personal computer, each signed in the lower right corner in black ink by the Apple co-founder, "Ronald G. Wayne,” who signs over his embossed personal seal. The group includes three conceptual sketches of the Apple II side panel and proposed use of a tambour door for the upper compartment, each accomplished in graphite on individual off-white sheets of drawing paper ranging in size from 17 x 11 to 22 x 17; and a hand-drawn original 10:1 scale blueprint of an “Extrusion, Tamber [sic] Door,” accomplished in graphite on a sheet of 17 x 11 drawing paper, identified as drawing number “00501” in the “Apple Computer” key to the lower right, which Wayne has also signed and dated, “R. G. Wayne, 1/8/77.” The sketches are individually mounted and framed to overall sizes ranging from 20 x 14 to 26 x 20. In overall fine, folded condition. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from Wayne for each sketch, with all attesting that each was “an original pencil drawing which I, Ronald G. Wayne, created as an early concept for a proposed Apple Computer cabinet design. This further certifies that the original pencil drawing was created personally by the undersigned in December 1976/January 1977, as part of a project delivered to Mr. Steve Jobs. This drawing has been held in my personal possession since it was created.” Although Ron Wayne’s partnership with Apple was short-lived, he continued to work for and with the company throughout its early years. He famously created Apple’s first logo of Isaac Newton under an apple tree, and he was later contracted by Steve Jobs to produce case designs for the forthcoming, more ambitious Apple II computer. Provenance: Christie’s Auctions, The Ron Wayne Apple Archive, December 2014.