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These multicolor Apple logo pins are cast in gold metal and printed with the 6-color Apple logo. The pin is roughly in the shape of Apple’s classic logo and measures 7mm x 8mm.
These pins may have been intended to be used as earrings, but they lack earring backs.
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This small square lapel pin uses raised gold metal and a primarily black background with a design featuring a red enamel Apple logo, an original Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) Mouse, and the words “Apple Desktop Publishing” cast in the Apple Garamond font.
The pin measures 16mm square. The back of the lapel pin uses a protruding perpendicular pin with a butterfly clutch to secure the pin to clothing.
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This pen is made by Bic and features a translucent plastic barrel and red accents. The pen is printed with a multicolor Apple logotype printed in Apple Garamond, Apple’s corporate font of the time.
The pen uses all the colors of the original 6-color Apple logo except yellow.
This pen features a gold-printed Apple logo and the Apple logotype printed in the Apple Garamond font, Apple’s corporate font of the time. The pen is accented in gold.
My collection includes a similar pen with the FileMaker logo. FileMaker is now known as Claris, an Apple company.
Sources: Claris
This uniquely designed pen has a dark-gray spring barrel with white plastic accents. The clip is printed with a black Apple logo.
I have another pen in my collection of the same style, but it has a blue Claris logo printed on the clip. Claris is a software company owned by Apple.
This set of neon-colored Bic pens have black caps and are printed with a black Apple logotype in Apple Garamond, Apple’s corporate font at the time.
The three neon colors include purple, green, and pink.
UPDATE: After I posted this originally, I discovered an eBay listing for Apple “color changing pens” that looked just like these. I tested them by grasping them for a few minutes, and found that they are, indeed, color changing with heat! I’m not sure if the effect has faded with age, but each of the three colors still fade. The last three photos show the effect.
This thin leather wallet measures 2 9/16 inches x 4 1/16 inches. Each side of the wallet has a pocket that is sized to hold a business card or credit card.
The front of the wallet features a cut-out of the Apple logo and a piece of gold-colored “brushed” metal is behind the logo, making the logo appear gold.
This square button is pale blue with black print and measures 2.125 inches square. The back of the button is black and has a pin.
The top of the button reads “The Macintosh Sale” in the Apple Garamond font used at the time with a black Apple logo. The lower button design shows the word “Sale” in a treatment stylized to appear like a selected menu item on the classic Macintosh operating system. The arrow cursor is pointing to “Sale” and a US $ (dollar sign) is positioned to the right (where a “shortcut” is normally placed in the menu).
The dollar sign is in a digitized version of the Geneva font (a convention that did not match the design implied by the button).
This white plastic bag is likely from before Apple Stores existed and was likely used at conference booths in the late 1980s to 1990s.
It measures 15 x 10.5 inches and includes a handle. A large red Apple logo is printed on one side.
This unusual item, a “My-T-Pocket card-sized personal organizer,” features a gold-colored Apple logo and several tools.
Four removable tools include:
The device also includes a tape measure and a multi-function solar-powered calculator.
Each of the tools is labeled on the device and described in the manual.
The device is protected by a vinyl case and a 7-panel manual describes its various features in English, French, German, and Chinese. It was manufactured by Design Factory and its model number was DF-7.
The My-T-Pocket card-sized personal organizer measures 2.25 inches x 3.5 inches, approximately the size of a credit card, and is 0.5 inch thick.
