Pieces of tech history are some of the most exciting things you can find at an auction. This time, a $200 check written by Apple’s legendary CEO, Steve Jobs, is preparing to go under the hammer. While a check for paying a telephone bill might not seem exciting for auction, it offers a glimpse into Apple’s early days.
As 9to5mac reports, the check, dated July 8, 1976, was written to pay Apple’s telephone bill to Pacific Telephone. A company known as “Pacific Bell Telephone Company” now. Apple’s first address in Palo Alto, California, is also engraved on the top of the check, and it requires the recipient to cash it “From the account of Apple Computer Company.”
Apple’s $200 telephone bill is available on auction
The history of this address goes back to when Apple was just a small company and operated in Job’s garage. The address was used for answering service and a mail drop.
The check goes on auction on RR Auction in a “fine condition.” with Job’s signature on it. The auction house says this piece of Apple history is encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as GEM MT 10. “A desirable Jobs-signed check paying Apple Computer’s telephone bill some 31 years before the release of the first iPhone on June 29, 2007.” RR Auction added.
Those interested can submit their bids until March 21 at 7:00 PM EDT. Of course, winning such items in an auction is not easy, and you have to compete with dozens of other people.
At the time of writing this article, the check is bidding at $27,121, and the next bid is set at $29,834. Up to now, 18 bids have been submitted. Back in December, another $4 check written by Steve Jobs was auctioned at $46,043.
While Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, this $200 Apple telephone bill is an artifact to preserve his memory. It would be interesting to see if current Apple executives propose a bid to buy the check.
