Apple’s Steve Jobs Wrote A Check For $9.18—Now, It’s Worth Much More
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A check worth just US$9.18 from when it was issued could soon fetch at least US$25,000. That’s because this bill was signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on July 23, 1976—the very year the leading tech company was founded.
The document, signed by one “Steven Jobs,” is among a trio of rare pieces of Apple history set to go under the hammer on June 23, by way of RR Auction.
Its address is written as “770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto,” which was the location Jobs and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak assigned for their answering service and mail drop while they were still operating out of Jobs’ family garage, the auctioneer details.
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Its header reads “Apple Computer Company” and is addressed to Tektronix, Inc., which builds test and measurement protocol equipment. The two Steves could have made a payment for some of these devices to test the Apple Computer I, says the auction house.
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The check is described to be in “very fine condition,” adding to its estimate of upwards of US$25,000. At the time of writing, it has amassed a top bid of US$10,721, but there are still nine days to go before the sale closes. Whoever wins the auction will receive it in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
Two other collectibles joining the auction are a February 1982 TIME magazine issue with Jobs on the cover, signed by Jobs himself, and a working Apple-1 computer hand-numbered by the Apple co-founder. These are primed to sell for over US$25,000 and US$450,000 respectively.
[via AppleInsider and iMore, images via RR Auction]
