A signed Steve Jobs business card from 1983 is currently listed on RR Auction at $70,741, with the next bid set at $77,816. The card received a Gem Mint 10 grade from PSA/DNA, the highest possible rating, and has been certified authentic. RR Auction says it has sold 15 Steve Jobs business cards total, but only four from 1983, and this is only the second one bearing his signature — the first sold in 2024 for $180,000. The current card is described as being in fine condition, with light soiling and staple holes, though these do not affect the signature.
This isn't the only high-value collectible making headlines recently. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Tom Ford leather jacket, which retails for $9,000 new, was estimated by Sotheby's to sell for up to $60,000 but ultimately fetched $960,000. Separately, an Apple-1 'Prototype Board #0' previously sold for $2,750,000, illustrating how rare tech-related items can command extraordinary prices.
In the gaming world, a retro shop owner in Waukesha, Wisconsin discovered 97 unopened Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. NES cartridges in his storage room, reportedly sourced directly from Nintendo of America. PSA graded them at least 9.6, with five achieving a perfect 10. The cartridges appear to have been produced during the 40th week of 1993 and feature manual text reading 'maintenance or service' rather than the previously known 'maintenance or repair,' suggesting they may have been made for warranty replacements, refurbished consoles, or an unreleased bundle. Three of these cartridges are set to go to auction at Goldin Auctions starting August 12, with estimates starting at four figures and potentially reaching five figures for the perfect-10 examples.
Also drawing collector interest is a Nintendo DS development cartridge believed to contain the PokePark Fishing Contest DS minigame, currently listed on eBay for $9,100 (€7,999). This mini-game was distributed only to attendees of the short-lived PokePark 2005 event in Japan and was designed to delete itself from a DS after 12 hours or when powered off, contributing to its status as 'lost media.' The Germany-based seller is offering the cartridge as-is, without guarantees about its functionality, compatibility, or provenance.
Meanwhile, in the digital collectibles space, Team Fortress 2 player Vincent Stech has spent nearly a decade amassing over 1.7 million in-game cases, a collection now estimated to be worth around $100,000. Stech automated much of the collection process, including buying cases in bulk from international sellers using weaker currencies, and says he once held roughly 17% of all publicly known TF2 cases. He has found a buyer for the entire collection, with the sale currently underway and expected to complete around October. Stech plans to use the proceeds as a down payment on a house, similar to how he used earlier case sales to buy his first car.