Steve Jobs’ check from the ’70s up for auction: How much is a $200 check worth today?،
It's the 70s. The disco ball is spinning, platform shoes are all the rage, and a little company called Apple is just getting started. Would you have guessed that a gadget from its early days could be a technological treasure today? It turns out that some things from Apple's past are worth way more than change, as has been proven once again. A piece of tech history is coming to auction (via 9to5Mac). This time, it's a check personally signed by none other than Steve Jobs himself, intended to pay a phone bill for Apple. Dated July 8, 1976, this relic bears the words “From the account of Apple Computer Company” next to the company's first address in Palo Alto, California.
This address served as both an answering service and mail service back when Apple was just a garage under the roof of the Jobs family.
Image credit – RR Auctions
According to RR Auctions, the check is graded as “very good condition,” encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as a perfect “GEM MT 10.” Bidding is open until March 21 and the current bid has already passed the $15,000 mark.
Rare Steve Jobs and the first Apple items put on sale are not really unknown. Not long ago, a check signed by Jobs for a measly $4.01 fetched a staggering $46,043 at auction. You're talking about a serious increase in value, right? It seems like anything related to Jobs and Apple's formative years has great collectible value.
About 13 days before Apple Computer Inc. was born, Steve Jobs and his accomplice, Steve Wozniak, signed a check for a modest $116.97 (the equivalent of about $630 in today's greenbacks). Little did they know that this seemingly routine transaction would one day turn into a coveted relic of technological history, far surpassing its original value.
This check, bearing the signatures of Jobs and Wozniak, fetched an incredible $135,261 at auction. That's almost as much as the original iPhone itself. Speaking of which, last summer an unopened iPhone 4GB from 2007 sold for a staggering $158,000. Who would have thought that keeping your vintage technology could turn into a jackpot later?
