{"id":29602,"date":"2024-03-07T10:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/29602\/steve-jobs-check-from-the\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:56:47","slug":"steve-jobs-check-from-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=29602","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jobs’ check from the ’70s up for auction: How much is a $200 check worth today?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Jobs’ check from the ’70s up for auction: How much is a $200 check worth today?\u060c<\/p>\n

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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<\/a><\/span>). 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. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Image credit \u2013 RR Auctions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

According to RR Auctions<\/a><\/span>, the check is graded as \u201cvery good condition,\u201d encapsulated and graded by PSA\/DNA as a perfect \u201cGEM MT 10.\u201d Bidding is open until March 21 and the current bid has already passed the $15,000 mark.<\/p>\n

Rare Steve Jobs<\/span> 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.<\/p>\n

About 13 days before Apple Computer Inc. was born, Steve Jobs<\/span> 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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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