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An Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs sold for $106,985 through an auction hosted by RR Auction. The check was filled out and signed by Jobs in 1976, and it was made out to Crampton, Remke, & Miller, INC, a consulting firm that offered its services to tech companies in Northern California.

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Jobs' check is notable because it uses the first Apple address at 770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto. This was the address of an answering service that Jobs and Wozniak used while working out of the Jobs family garage.

RR Auction VP Bobby Livingston said that early checks like this are desired because "they not only tell Apple's founding story, they are signed with perfect examples of Steve Jobs's autograph," plus they "allay collectors' concerns about the authenticity of Steve Jobs's signature."

Another early check signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak was auctioned off in 2022, and that check sold for $164,000.

Article Link: Check Signed by Steve Jobs Sells for Over $100k at Auction
 
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So was the check never cashed? If it was, wouldn't it have gone through the banking system and been returned to Apple? It's not exactly like the recipient could deposit it by snapping a pic in his bank's app. ;-)

EDIT....in the image, there is a faint view of the stamping on the back when a check would be cashed....but then how did someone come into possession of it?
 
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Either you're against all things that only have cultural/historical/collectible value or you cannot say that a check signed by a man who became a legend, for one of the most valuable companies in the world when it was 2 months old and meant nothing isn't quite cool actually.
$100K cool? For someone it is, apparently.
 
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I bet it made his hand cramp writing a check for what was probably a huge amount of money for a bunch of guys sweating it out in a garage.

Consider what came of it, it’s certainly collectible to the right person.

I’m not that person.
 
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