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.
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.
The check, however, wasn't the only item up for grabs. This same auction had an assortment of Steve Jobs' personal effects, ranging from Bob Dylan 8-track tapes to bowties.
RR Auction also sold the following items:
- Pre-production Apple-1 prototype computer ("Celebration" board), sold for $2,750,000
- March 1976 Wells Fargo bank statement for Apple Computer Co., sold for $828,569
- Steve Jobs's personally owned 1977 Apple Computer Inc. poster, sold for $659,900
- Steve Jobs' personally owned Apple-1 Byte Shop wooden case, sold for $254,375
- Steve Jobs's personally owned bow ties, sold for $113,580
- Steve Jobs's Apple Computer business card with handwritten note to his father, sold for $97,439
- Steve Jobs's bedroom desk from the Apple garage property, sold for $81,989
Of course, those were the biggest sellers. There were a number of smaller items that went for much less.
This included a "Steve Jobs's Personally-Owned Apple-1 Computer Ribbon Cable," which ultimately sold for $3,273 — notably less than the other items on the block. His personally owned Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 8-Tracks went for $6,250.
And it looks like there was someone who wanted Jobs' personally owned, hand-annotated Volkswagen repair manuals after all. Those sold for $8,195.
