The 1983 Apple Computer business card was signed by Jobs at a time when he was the chairman of the board of directors at the Cupertino firm – John Sculley had just been recruited from Pepsi-Cola to serve as CEO at the time. Boston-based RR Auctions writes that the card is extremely rare and has been perfectly graded.
The card features the old six-color Apple logo, which should bring back a few nostalgic memories amongst tech fans of a certain age, as well as the company’s former address: 10495 Bandley Drive, in Cupertino, California.
RR Auction believes the $181,183 sales price is a new record-high for a signed business card. Another listing for a Jobs business card, this one without his signature, shows it went for $12,905, around $168,000 less than the signed version.
One of the most expensive items sold that carries Jobs’ signature was the original Apple founding contract signed by Jobs and fellow co-founders Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. It was sold by Sotheby’s in December 2011 for $1,594,500.
