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🗓️ 12 May 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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0:00.0 | All right, I always like to begin with something super interesting. And how much do you think a check, $175 check written by Steve Jobs, is worth today? |
0:09.2 | Okay, it's worth more than $175, by the way. The reason why I bring this up is that it's now being auctioned off. |
0:16.8 | But we have to go back in history just a little bit. It's the year of Apple's founding, and it has Apple's first ever address on it, the location of an answering service. |
0:27.4 | Yes, do you remember those? Anybody, anybody? |
0:30.0 | And it was also a mail drop for Apple when Steve Jobs was working out of his mom and dad's garage. |
0:36.0 | And the checks made out to Crampton, Remke, and Miller. |
0:38.7 | That's a management firm that provided a whole bunch of consulting services to tech companies in the mid-70s. |
0:44.5 | And yes, it has Steve Jobs' official autograph signature on the check. |
0:48.7 | It's very, very rare. |
0:50.1 | So how much do you think this check is going to go for? |
0:52.9 | What do you think, Matt? |
0:54.5 | I don't know, $200,000. What do you think this check is going to go for? What do you think, Matt? I don't know, $200,000. |
0:57.0 | What do you think, Al? |
0:57.7 | I was going lower. |
0:58.5 | I was going to say $25. |
1:00.6 | Right now, it's still being auctioned off, and it's about $63,000. |
1:05.1 | Okay, I went too high. |
1:06.0 | It went too high. |
1:06.4 | That's right. |
1:07.4 | You know, some say that Steve Jobs, he just died way too young. I mean, he wasn't in his prime. |
1:13.6 | Now, others say it was simply a homage to Apple's attitude towards battery life. |
1:17.9 | Too soon? Too bad? |
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