An auction that featured Steve Jobs’ signed checks, his collection of Bob Dylan 8-track cassettes, computers, bow ties, and more has concluded, pulling down more than $8 million.
Image credit: RR Auction
Image credit: RR Auction
The check, regarded as “the earliest known check drawn from Apple’s original bank account,” raked in $2,409,886, as part of the recent “Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction.” The auction realized a total of $8,153,074.
“This is the most important financial document in Apple history,” said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction. “It captures Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s first true business transaction, and the final result shows that collectors recognized its significance above any other Apple material ever brought to market.