Apple Computer Check Signed by Steve Jobs Sells for $46,000

[kc9hzn]

They had OP amps, lots of stuff. I'm not sure what you are saying. Though over the years less and less. LOL

I miss the days of buying electrical components at Radio Shack. I never had much luck with their through hole PCBs, they tended to produce cold solder joints (could have been my technique or the iron, though), but it certainly was convenient being able to buy electrical components the same day you needed them.

Plus, their kits were pretty useful. The last time I bought components at Radio Shack was probably around late 2015. I rigged up a wooden chest with a light, switch, speaker, amplifier, and an Arduino with PCM support to play the chest opening sound from The Legend of Zelda as a Christmas gift to one of my brothers. The amplifier was a Radio Shack kit with surface mount components, and that produced solid solder joints. The Arduino board was something I had to order online, so was the door switch I used as a trigger, but everything else came from Radio Shack. These days, I have to order electrical components online, there are no stores I’m aware of in my area that sells them. Heck, anything electronic that’s not a fairly mainstream consumer electronics product, I have to order online.

 

[kc9hzn]

I miss Radio Shack, it had some neat stuff that's really hard to find in physical stores now. Probably a combination of online stores, and how everything is almost impossible to repair nowadays which made the electronics tinkering hobby even more niche than it was...

You’d think that, with the maker hobby being pretty popular these days, that there would be some stores targeting it. All the people playing around with microcontrollers and Raspberry Pis, 3D printing and even home CNC equipment, you would think that most major urban areas would have some retail store targeting it. But no, it seems like you have to order most of that stuff online.

 

[redheeler]

You’d think that, with the maker hobby being pretty popular these days, that there would be some stores targeting it. All the people playing around with microcontrollers and Raspberry Pis, 3D printing and even home CNC equipment, you would think that most major urban areas would have some retail store targeting it. But no, it seems like you have to order most of that stuff online.

Microcenter carries 3D printers, possibly Raspberry Pi as well. It's not in every major metro area but I've meaning to check it out now that there is one in mine.

I know someone who wants to get a home CNC machine but they're very expensive.

 

[Wyvernspirit]

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Another check signed by Steve Jobs was put up for auction this week by Sothebys, and it too could sell for upwards of $40,000. The check predates Apple's April 1, 1976 founding date as it was written on March 28, 1976. It is one of a handful of checks issued to Jobs and Wozniak ahead of when they received their custom-printed Apple Computer Company checkbook.

Article Link: Apple Computer Check Signed by Steve Jobs Sells for $46,000

Am I missing something, The check shows July 23rd, 1976, not "March 28, 1976", which would place it after April 1st.

 

[kc9hzn]

Am I missing something, The check shows July 23rd, 1976, not "March 28, 1976", which would place it after April 1st.

I think the article is referring to two separate checks. This one that already came up to auction is the one to Radio Shack for $4.01 from July 1976. The second check is one that’s coming up to auction in the near future and is expected to fetch a higher price because it predates Apple’s incorporation.

 

[Wyvernspirit]

I think the article is referring to two separate checks. This one that already came up to auction is the one to Radio Shack for $4.01 from July 1976. The second check is one that’s coming up to auction in the near future and is expected to fetch a higher price because it predates Apple’s incorporation.

thank you for the clarification

 

[nylonsteel]

i miss the days of brick and morter electronics parts shop
i remember electronics parts started to disapear when cell products were beginning to appear at rs
i just barely recall i collected radio shack catalogs to see the latest cb sets and stereos

 

[Wyvernspirit]

i miss the days of brick and morter electronics parts shop
i remember electronics parts started to disapear when cell products were beginning to appear at rs
i just barely recall i collected radio shack catalogs to see the latest cb sets and stereos

I have a MicroCenter within driving distance that gives me a good vibe for electronics/computer parts stores

 

[fhall1]

They had OP amps, lots of stuff. I'm not sure what you are saying. Though over the years less and less. LOL

Radio Shack to me was more of a place for buying the electrical components that you put together to CREATE circuits.

 

[JoJoe2k]

In case anyone else was wondering if they should have cashed that check and invested in AAPL instead... Turns out, keeping the check was a better idea... At least taking the stock value of $0,11 from the 80s that would only be $7000 today...

 

[fhall1]

In case anyone else was wondering if they should have cashed that check and invested in AAPL instead... Turns out, keeping the check was a better idea... At least taking the stock value of $0,11 from the 80s that would only be $7000 today...

The calculator here only goes back 37 years. But $4 of APPL then would be worth $8,758.79 in 2013. Now add in 10 more years of splits and price increases....probably still not worth $40K though, but it did shoot up over the last 10 years. https://compound.mywallst.com/compound-interest-calculator/stocks/AAPL/4/37/

 

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Veblen good

 

[JoJoe2k]

The calculator here only goes back 37 years. But $4 of APPL then would be worth $8,758.79 in 2013. Now add in 10 more years of splits and price increases....probably still not worth $40K though, but it did shoot up over the last 10 years. https://compound.mywallst.com/compound-interest-calculator/stocks/AAPL/4/37/

Ah, you are right... I forgot about the stock splits I suppose

And now I think stocks would've been the far better investment:
Feb 1984 the stock value was $0.11, so you could've bought 36 shares. Then there have been five stock-splits with ratios 2:1, 2:1, 2:1, 7:1, 4:1. Which means you'd now have 36*2*2*2*7*4 =8064 stocks. At $196 a stock that's $1.5 million...