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Apple founding partnership agreement sold for $1.6M at auction
Posted: 12.14.2011 at 7:16 AM
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Apple computer company's founding partnership agreement has sold for $1.6 million in New York.

Sotheby's auction house says six telephone and online bidders sought the 1976 document before it was purchased by Eduardo Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros Corporation.

The Apple document formerly belonged to Ronald Wayne. He founded Apple along with Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs but gave up his share.

Tuesday's auction of fine books and manuscripts also featured the first letter written by George Washington as president. The one-page letter from Washington to the House of Representatives fetched over $362,000. It was estimated to bring in between $100,000 and $500,000.

A first edition of "The Big Sleep," by Raymond Chandler sold for over $254,000, more than double its high estimate.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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