Steve Jobs y Apple they are the undeniable object of obsession for many a devotee of the company spending years, if not decades purchasing each new generation of products. Thanks to this, there is an undeniable emotional bond between consumers and the original mythology of the brand, where its co-founder, together with Steve Wozniak, constitute two of its main elements.
Throughout the last few months we have shared stories, anecdotes and lessons inspired by Steve Jobs throughout his time in this world. But we have also seen some examples of peculiar stories of fanaticism.
People with a lot of money to spare seem interested in owning even a small piece of genuine Apple history.
This is how we have seen someone interested in paying an exorbitant amount of money to have an original iPhone in its original unopened packaging. Or a computer that at some point was touched by Jobs and Wozniak and things like that.
But within this long gallery of peculiarities we have just found a twisted case: the discovery of a check signed by none other than Steve Jobs.
A bank document that at the time could be exchanged for a smaller amount of money and that now would be worth much more.
The story of the check that Steve Jobs signed 46 years ago
It happens that a check for an amount of just USD $175 dollars has appeared that was signed by the co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs on July 8, 1976, so it is 46 years old, practically half a century.
And now the auction house RRAuction Bidding has begun on this item, which is said to be in “good to very good” condition. Although the check is filled out in the main fields using a typewriter, the signature section is in Steve Jobs’ own handwriting:
The check issued by Wells Fargo was signed by Jobs on behalf of the Apple Computer Company for Crampton, Remke & Miller, Inc., a Palo Alto-based management consulting firm. Said company has already disappeared as it was at that time, but at the time it supplied several technology companies in the industry such as Atari and Xerox.
By the date the document was signed, the check must have been issued just a few months after the launch of the Apple I, so we are talking about a time when the company was still relatively in its infancy, operating practically out of a garage.
The auction house estimates that the check could sell for up to USD $25,000 by the closing of its bidding process on May 11, 2023. At the time of writing this note, the highest bid is around USD $16,500.
