Steve Jobs’ 8th-Grade Science Fair Project Is Up for Auction
THE SO WHAT
Auctioning Steve Jobs’ 8th-grade project for Apple’s 50th is nostalgia as asset class — and a signal of how much brand equity is stored in origin stories. Consumer and tech brands should be curating their own early artifacts and narratives now; they compound into both cultural and financial value over decades.
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