RR Auction is this week selling off multiple pieces of rare memorabilia related to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as a part of a “Steve Jobs Revolution” collection. The collection includes a rare check that was signed by both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
The “Apple Computer Company” check, dated July 15, 1976, is made out to Kierulff Electronics for $3,430. That same month, Woz demonstrated the first Apple-1 prototype at the Homebrew Computer Company in Palo Alto, California.
Excessively rare and absolutely historic Apple Computer Company check, 6 x 3, filled out and signed by Steve Jobs, “steven jobs,” and countersigned by Steve Wozniak, “Steve Wozniak,” payable to Kierulff Electronics for $3430, July 15, 1976. Headed “Apple Computer Company,” the check uses Apple’s first official address at “770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto”-the location of an answering service and mail drop that they used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage. In very fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
RR Auction says that the check’s date indicates that it was likely used to pay for parts used to assemble the second batch of Apple-1 computers. At the time of this writing, the highest bid sits at $23,582, with the next bid set to be $25,941. The auction doesn’t end until March 17, so the check is likely to fetch a much higher price.
The check is just one item in a themed sale entitled “The Steve Jobs Revolution: Engelbart, Atari, and Apple” which is designed to trace the history of personal computers through various items. The overall auction includes Pong prototypes from the collection of its creator Allan Alcorn, prototype mouses created by Doug Engelbart, and original Apple devices.
Other Jobs-related items up for auction include a signed Jobs yearbook, Jobs business cards, and a Jobs-signed Atari application that currently has a high bid of $20,000 that is expected to fetch more than $300,000 by auction’s end.
(Via MacRumors)
