The photo was taken in 1983 when the Macintosh team visited the city for a meeting with Newsweek. It was posted by Andy Hertzfield to Google+ ‘in memory of Steve Jobs as 2011 draws to a close’.
The leather bomber jacket is up for auction currently as part of a “Steve Jobs and the Apple Revolution” event organised by RR Auction.
How RR Auction describes the jacket
“Steve Jobs’s personally-owned and -worn dark brown leather bomber jacket, made by Wilkes Bashford of San Francisco, famously seen in an iconic 1983 photograph of Jobs flipping the bird to an IBM sign in New York City. The zip-up jacket features a black shearling collar, white shearling lining, and two snap-down pouch pockets on the front. In fine condition, with general wear from use.
The famous image of Jobs surfaced in 2011, when it was posted online by Andy Hertzfeld, a member of the original Macintosh development team. He recalled: ‘In December 1983, a few weeks before the Mac launch, we made a quick trip to New York City to meet with Newsweek, who was considering doing a cover story on the Mac. The photo was taken spontaneously as we walked around Manhattan by Jean Pigozzi, a wild French jet setter who was hanging out with us at the time.
Provenance: From the caretakers of the Jackling House (1984-1990), Julien’s Auctions, September 23, 2016. Steve Jobs purchased Jackling House—a historic estate in Woodside, California—in 1984, and he resided there for a decade.”