Check Signed by Steve Jobs Sells for Over $100k at Auction

[MacRumors]

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.

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

 

[Candy Apple+ Nutz]

I’ve signed receipts before, but all I got was the food I paid for.

 

[RickDEGH]

Preposterous obsessions.

 

[jimbobb24]

Wish I had the money to do this so I could not do this but instead do something way cooler.

 

[ghostface147]

That’s cool.

 

[WilliApple]

What’s next?

A bag of CO2 that Steve Jobs breathed?

 

[BruiserB]

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?

 

[klasma]

Those are some funky OCR characters on that check.

 

[cocky jeremy]

That's the most expensive $175 I've ever seen.

 

[decimortis]

So cool to see an actual check made out for the trade-in value of an iPhone 14 Pro.

 

[Jarman74]

I'm all good with the free photo I got from this article.

 

[cicalinarrot]

Preposterous obsessions.

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.

 

[snow755]

$175 is a lot of $ back in the day I wonder how much the $175 dollar check be worth in today money

 

[macdisciple]

Lovely penmanship.

 

[TGM85]

$175 is a lot of $ back in the day I wonder how much the $175 dollar check be worth in today money

About $933 according to www.usinflationcalculator.com

 

[Kiimora]

Where is Crampton , Remke & Miller Inc today 🤔

 

[snow755]

About $933 according to

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thanks

 

[zorinlynx]

Checks were so pretty back then!

To the people saying this was a waste of money, etc... To extremely wealthy people, $100K is the equivalent of buying a loaf of bread is to us. As soon as you have more than one extremely wealthy person who want something in an auction, this happens.

 

[IIGS User]

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.

 

[kemal]

It would be great if the routing and account still existed.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Noticed how he had good penmanship? That's something that has been lost today. I am glad I inherited some of my mothers beautiful handwriting.

 

[vegetassj4]

I have for sale:

An NFT of An Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs. Limited to 5 copies. Own your piece of Apple and Crypto history TODAY!!!!! Only 1000 APE (ApeCoin) while supplies last. Please included Bank Routing and Account Number to verify your request.

*subject to certain terms and conditions

 

[nwcs]

I’d rather be the seller than buyer of this item.

 

[Glideslope]

More 1st world insanity.

 

[BornAgainMac]

Steve Job's hand writing style font is nice.