However, it is starting to look like an indicator of the important of Steve Jobs’ memory on contemporary society is already taking a knock.

After Jobs snuffed it, holy relics connected to the founder of the Apple cargo cult shot up in value. In 2013, you could sell an old Apple 1 for another Apple-1 computer in 2013 for €516,000. After all Apple-1s were not only rare, they were built in Steve Jobs garage.

On Saturday though the same machine fetched a miserable €110,000 at an auction in Germany on Saturday, well below the even more disappointing price range of €180,000 to €300,000.

Uwe Breker, who specialises in the sale of technical antiques, said the disappointing figure suggested the spike in prices after Jobs' 2011 death is now over.

"From our point of view, we are back at normal levels. Five years after the death of (Apple co-founder) Steve Jobs the 'hype' has settled back."

There are believed to be about 60 Apple-1 computers that survive today, with eight still in working order.

This means that any chances of a death cult building up around Steve Jobs are limited. History will record him as being “just another Tech CEO” who made bendable phones and was stupid enough to die in an unnecessary New Age related death. History will forget all about him – after all it is not as if he invented anything.

Less likely to be forgotten is Bill Gates who is spending the rest of his life and fortune saving Africa from illnesses and there will be generations who owe their lives to his efforts.