Steve Jobs, Buzz Lightyear and Woody team up for a rare 'Story' at auction house
A rare Pixar, "Toy Story" poster signed by former Apple and Pixar boss Steve Jobs, was snapped up on an auction block today. The price wasn't quite to infinity and beyond but it wasn't cheap.
"The poster sold today for $31,250, it is a great price for a Jobs signature on a wonderful piece," Michael Kirk, the auction manager who handled the sale at Nate D. Sanders Auction House told FOX Business exclusively. Part of the reason for the high sale price added Kirk is because Jobs "continues to be a highly sought after signature, perhaps one of the top five or ten."
"Toy Story" was a landmark film for Pixar and Jobs. It was Pixar’s first feature-length film, released in 1995 and was the first completely computer-animated movie. It starred Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, whose characters, Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear were featured on the auctioned poster. The film grossed $373 million worldwide and has spawned three sequels.
Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm, the production company then-owned by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, in 1986. Coincidentally now Lucasfilm and Pixar are both owned by Disney.
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“There has been a lot of hits on our website and a lot of interest in this incredibly rare piece,” explained Kirk, “Steve Jobs did not sign a lot of pieces, so this poster is an incredibly rare and pristine piece. It comes to us from a consigner and we are not allowed to say from whom or who was the lucky auction winner. Jobs famously did not like to sign his autograph which makes this piece very rare and special. Nothing like this has ever been on the market. His is so rare, it is like the Holy Grail of signatures for autograph seekers.”
"Toy Story" also earned three Academy Award nominations due in no small part to Jobs' vision for the company. The poster celebrating the man behind the movie measures 24'' x 36'' and is signed in black fiber-tip marker.
The lucky Jobs fan who won the auction will also receive a letter of authenticity to validate the legitimacy of the poster. The unique piece of art has crossover appeal to Apple fans, Disney enthusiasts as well as lovers of Steve Jobs or Pixar admirers
This summer "Toy Story 4," brought in a whopping $426 million, according to Box Office Mojo, bringing the total box office revenue for the entire series to $1.3 billion dollars.
