Check Signed by Apple Founders Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak Goes on Auction—What Makes it Special?

A check signed by both Apple founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, goes on an auction for as much as $25,000, and it is one unique artifact today. The check is iconic to Apple fans and collectors as it embodies the handwritten reminder of its late former CEO and founder, along with its co-founder and the beginnings of the Cupertino-based company.

Apple Founders Check: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Both Signed This Check

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A check dated July 15, 1976, goes on sale via the RR Auction, and it is one memorabilia that remains a rare sight to see for Apple fans and the world. This is a check specially made for the "Apple Computer Company" and signed by both Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak during the time.

Jobs and Wozniak made the check to Kierulff Electronics to buy computer parts, and rumor has it that the check used to purchase the computer parts would be what made the Apple-1 prototype. The iconic thing is that checks are usually alright to have one signatory from its owners, both Jobs and Wozniak, but the duo signed it together as if it was their first check made out to the store.

Apple Founders Check Auction: How Much Is It Worth Now?

The auction currently has the check on-bid for more than $23,000, but subsequent buyers will have it for $25,000. That is a lot of money for a check that does not have monetary value anymore, only sentimental for the fans and collectors of anything Apple, giving them a reminder of the company's early days.

RR Auction also sells the different memorabilia of Steve Jobs during his early days as the Apple founder and his revolution against the company when he got ousted.

Apple Founders: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

One of the most iconic names in technology and innovation, Steve Jobs, was also one of the most influential CEOs of the current generation. From their humble beginnings from 1976 to a multi-billion dollar company, Jobs went through it all while battling pancreatic cancer on his own, shocking the world with his death in October 2011.

Apple's two "Steves" became one of the most influential duos in the technology industry, then formed the Apple Computer Company with a fellow engineer, Steve Wozniak. Both worked on the first Apple computer that would become the first Macintosh prototype that they would sell on different retail stores before facing a massive success.

Checks usually need one person to sign it, despite being named after a company, but this one got its founders' signatures during their humble beginnings.

The check signifies a lot of beginnings and humble starts that any company could start small and grow as massive as one of the most influential and valuable companies in the market now.


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