This is more than a big Mac.
The first check from Apple’s original bank account sold for a staggering $2,409,886 on Thursday at RR Auction’s Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction.
The sale of the $500 Wells Fargo check — marked “No. 1″ — was a historic first, as it is believed to be the highest price ever paid for a signed check at public auction.
It was made out to Howard Cantin — the printed circuit board designer who translated Apple co-founder Steven Wozniak’s Apple-1 schematic — and signed by Steve Jobs and Wozniak.
Dated March 16, 1976, it was penned over two weeks before Apple was even formally incorporated, and issued shortly after the duo opened the brand’s bank account.
“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.”
Livingston told The Post that the winning bidder — who wishes to remain anonymous — is “one of the great Apple enthusiasts, someone with a deep understanding of the company’s earliest history and a genuine emotional connection to Steve Jobs.”
“He is focused on building a world-class collection that he hopes to share with the public in the future,” he added.
Additional auction highlights were items owned by Jobs himself, like a collection of his bow ties, which sold for $113,580; his 1977 Apple Computer Inc. poster, which went for $659,900; a business card with a note to his father, which earned $97,439; and his bedroom desk, which took in $81,989.
