A $175 check signed by Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who famously disliked giving his signature, is up for auction, where the top bid has already hit nearly $30,000
A rare piece of memorabilia from Apple's early days has hit the auction block, and it's expected to sell for tens of thousands of dollars.
The artifact is a check from 1976, the year the company was founded, that's signed by late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. The check is for $175 and was made out to Crampton, Remke and Miller, a now-defunct Palo Alto management consulting firm whose clients included Atari, Xerox, and other tech companies, according to the, so items he signed are rare.
The auction house, RR Auction, expected the check to fetch $25,000, more than 142 times the check's original value, but it has already blown past that estimate. As of this writing, the check has already drawn 16 bids, with the top bid coming in at $29,995, which is more than 171 times the check's original worth, with two days to spare. The auction ends on Wednesday.
The check lists Apple's first official address, which was an answering and mail drop service that its founders used while building the company out of Jobs' family garage, according to the listing. Early Apple relics have fared well at recent auctions. In October, an unopened first-generation iPhone still in its original box
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