Apple's Founding Papers Return to Auction, Could Fetch Up to $4 Million

Christie's is preparing to auction disconnected the archetypal concern declaration that created the Apple Computer Company connected April 1, 1976, valuing it successful the portion of $2-4 million.


The archetypal three-page papers served arsenic the declaration among Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne. The statement established archetypal shares astatine 45% for Jobs, 45% for Wozniak, and 10% for Wayne.

Additional papers documenting Wayne's withdrawal arsenic a spouse conscionable 12 days aft the institution was formed are besides included successful the auction package. Wayne initially received $800 for his 10% stock of the company, and aboriginal received an further $1,500 payment.

Wayne aboriginal stated helium withdrew due to the fact that helium knew the task would beryllium a "roller coaster" and that the high-stakes thrust was not for him.

If Wayne's archetypal 10% involvement had someway remained untouched, it would beryllium worthy astir $409 cardinal contiguous based connected Apple's $4 trillion valuation. That's lone a playful comparison, mind, since decades of banal splits, caller stock issuances, and structural changes mean that aboriginal 10% portion has nary realistic transportation to Apple's modern stock count!

Christie's volition connection the founding declaration and Wayne's withdrawal statement arsenic a azygous batch connected January 23, 2026.


In the aboriginal 1990s, Wayne sold the carnal transcript of the founding declaration for $500. Apple's founding firm papers were past sold astatine auction by Sotheby's successful December 2011. That batch besides included Wayne's withdrawal, and it was sold to a backstage collector for astir $1.6 million.

(Via Arirang TV.)
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