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What is a check for $3430 worth? As of this writing, $23,582. It’s kind of a special check, though. It is an Apple Computer Company check signed in July of 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
MacDailyNews has run a write-up of an in-process sale from RR Auction. The site does go on a bit about the piece of paper. Then again, they’re trying to sell a cheque you literally can’t cash.
Signed by “steven jobs” and countersigned by “Steve Wozniak,” the check to Kierulff Electronics is printed with Apple’s first official address, which was actually “an answering service and mail drop that they used while still operating out of the famous Jobs family garage.”
“Based on the date of this check,” says the auction house:
…it likely represents a payment for parts used in putting together the second batch of Apple-1 Computers. As a document signed by Apple’s famed co-founders in the year of the company’s origin, and directly connected with the production of the Apple-1 Computer, this is an unparalleled, museum-quality piece.
Now how much would you pay? You’ve got a month to decide. The auction closes at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern on Thursday 17 March.
