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

[Darth Tulhu]

Every time I see people spending (relatively) huge amounts of money for items like this, my faith in humanity dips a little bit.

 

[jazz1]

Did Steve's check bounce?

 

[MacsRgr8]

Every time I see people spending (relatively) huge amounts of money for items like this, my faith in humanity dips a little bit.

There are so many things which are paid for many, many times the objective value... I mean where would art be without people seeing insane value in it?
Besides... more often than not it's an investor's game. They expect to earn money off it...

 

[pamon]

RIP Steve. Your legacy lives and continues to inspire

 

[Razorpit]

What’s next?

A bag of CO2 that Steve Jobs breathed?

I have some that dates back to the dinosaurs. Special offer for you, only $75K.

 

[jhwalker]

Unless it's a check for $101,000 and still "good" ... nah.

 

[mpuk]

What’s next?

A bag of CO2 that Steve Jobs breathed?

A steaming turd would fetch a higher price. Or so I'm told.

 

[BGPL]

The lowercase letters in each of his names is very telling. Completely the opposite of Tim Cook.

 

[Solomani]

What’s next?

A bag of CO2 that Steve Jobs breathed?

Fossilized poo of Steve Jobs.

 

[progx]

Can I claim a bunch of tissues I found have Steve's snot on them?

 

[compwiz1202]

Where is Crampton , Remke & Miller Inc today 🤔

Most Google stuff shows about the check, but there is a LinkedIn for Jim Crampton:

President​

Crampton, Remke & Miller​

1974 - 1982 8 years
Management Consulting firm providing business process consulting to a wide range of "high tech" companies in Northern California. Clients included: Apple Computer, ASK, Atari, Memorex, National Semiconductor, ROLM, Smith Kline, Spectra Physics, and Xerox

 

[compwiz1202]

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

Interesting the first four for WF CA are still the same, but the rest are different, and routing are nine digits today.

 

[Kabeyun]

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

You make money posting on internet forums?

 

[anthogag]

It is signed by steueu jobs.

 

[ghostface147]

I called that number. It rang one time and went to voicemail. Female voice: Thank you for calling, please leave a message.

 

[Wanted797]

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

When you have money to spare on stuff like this you usually have everything else.

This is purely so you can get it out when your rich friends come around and have them go “wow… cool”.

 

[mjs916]

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?

I wondered the same thing. Did a bank employee just stash it?

 

[Apple_Robert]

I am amazed that a Steve Jobs signature goes for more than my first edition of "Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball" signed by the babe (only 1500 signed copies were made by the babe).

 

[yaxomoxay]

Besides... more often than not it's an investor's game. They expect to earn money off it...

I have the feeling that once the generation that grew up in the Steve Jobs era dies, the value of this kind of items will plummet.

 

[MichaelAdam]

I understand the principle … Steve Jobs is in the Valhalla with the ones that changed life for ever … everything he produced is a documented, valued like Napoleon, Pasteur, Socrate etc …

 

[enricoclaudio]

I wondered the same thing. Did a bank employee just stash it?

You young people Back in the 70s and 80s, you were able to tell the bank to mail you all your cashed checks. I still have a bunch of cashed check from the 80s.

 

[Rafterman]

When Apple was just a "suite" in an office building.

Also, first itme I ever saw someone's grill plastered on the front of a check.

 

[britboyj]

So.... does that routing number still work? 🤔

 

[tridley68]

I could think of alot better things to do with $100k like a nice sports car or a 1963 split window corvette 👍

 

[fhall1]

When Apple was just a "suite" in an office building.

Also, first itme I ever saw someone's grill plastered on the front of a check.

The article explains the address.