Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale results from RR Auction include Warhol and Steve Jobs

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Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale results from RR Auction include Warhol and Steve Jobs
Pristine Apple Computer check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976—the year of the company's founding.



BOSTON, MA.- Boston-based RR Auction has announced the sale of a rare and pristine Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976, which fetched a whopping $106,985. The check, dated July 8, 1976, was payable to Crampton, Remke & Miller, Inc. for $175 and is filled out in type and signed by Jobs himself.

This check holds great significance because of its association with Apple's co-founder and because it uses the company's first official address at "770 Welch Rd., Ste. 154, Palo Alto." At the time, this was the address of an answering service and mail drop the company used while operating out of the Jobs family garage.

The consulting firm that the check was payable to, Crampton, Remke & Miller, provided business process consulting to various high-tech companies in Northern California, including Atari, Memorex, National Semiconductor, and Xerox. By hiring such a firm during Apple's earliest stages, Jobs demonstrated his focus on long-term growth.

Bobby Livingston, Executive VP at RR Auction, stated, "It's a remarkable flawless check from when Steve Jobs hired Apple's first consulting firms—a central moment in the history of the most innovative and influential companies."

"These great looking early checks are highly desired because they not only tell Apple's founding story, they are signed with perfect examples of Steve Jobs's autograph," added Livingston. "Plus, bank checks allay collectors' concerns about the authenticity of Steve Jobs's signature."

Among the other Steve Jobs-related lots, the auction featured a NeXT Business Card circa the early 1990s listing Jobs as Chairman and CEO, which sold for $3,076.

The Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction Featuring Science and Tech by RR Auction had a diverse range of notable top-selling lots. In addition to the Steve Jobs check, some of the other items from the literature section included a Margaret Mitchell typed letter on Gone With the Wind, Jean-Paul Sartre's handwritten 19-page manuscript, Ian Fleming signed book, "The Spy Who Loved Me," T. E. Lawrence signed letter on Autograph Collecting.

The auction began on April 17 and concluded on May 10, and more details about the items sold can be found on the RR Auction website at www.rrauction.com.










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