Auction of '230,000 Won' Check Signed by Jobs... Estimated Price 33 Million Won

Expected to Rise More Than 142 Times the Face Value

A check signed by Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, the manufacturer of the iPhone and others, during the early days of Apple has gone up for auction. The winning bid is expected to be 142 times higher than the face value of the check.

According to CNBC on the 7th (local time), the U.S. auction house RR Auction is putting up for auction a $175 (about 230,000 KRW) check signed by Steve Jobs in July 1976.

RR Auction stated, "The expected winning bid for this check is anticipated to be over $25,000 (about 33.17 million KRW)." This price is more than 142 times the face value of the check.

This check was paid by Jobs to the consulting firm 'Crampton, Lemke & Miller,' which advised technology companies at the time. The year 1976 is especially significant as it was the year Jobs founded Apple with his high school friend Steve Wozniak.

A check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976 to pay the consulting firm 'Crampton, Lemke & Miller.'
[Photo by RR Auction]

Bobby Livingston, Vice President of RR Auction, said, "This is a highly desirable and perfect check issued at a historic moment in modern technology."

Bids for this check can be placed until October. As of 10 a.m. on the 8th, the bid price is $21,962 (about 29.07 million KRW), and the next bid price is $24,159 (about 31.98 million KRW).

In addition, other items up for auction include a business card from the time when Jobs worked at the computer company NeXT after being ousted from Apple, a handwritten draft manuscript of Albert Einstein's "Essence of the Theory of Relativity," and a promotional record insert signed by The Beatles.

Previously, in August last year, RR Auction auctioned off an Apple 1 computer that Steve Jobs demonstrated to a personal computer store owner. This computer was sold for $677,196 (about 900.7 million KRW) at that time.

Also, a pair of worn Birkenstocks mostly worn by Steve Jobs in the 1970s and 1980s was auctioned off for $218,750 (about 290 million KRW).

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