Apple Computer Specimen Common 1988 dated Stock Certificate - Printed Signature of John Sculley III - Extremely Popular
Inv# SE4475 Specimen Stock
Specimen Stock Certificate. 100% authentic. These Specimens have become very sought after. Apple Inc. is a multinational technology corporation based in Cupertino, California, that specializes in the design, development, and sale of consumer electronics, software, and online services. It is recognized as one of the Big Five technology firms, alongside Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. The company was established on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership. The initial product was the Apple I, a computer that Wozniak designed and built by hand. To fund its development, Jobs sold his Volkswagen Bus, while Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator. Wozniak introduced the first prototype of the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club in July 1976. The Apple I was marketed as a motherboard equipped with a CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips—a foundational kit concept that had not yet been promoted as a complete personal computer. It was released shortly after its debut for US$666.66 (which is equivalent to $3,175 in 2021). Wozniak later mentioned that he was not aware of the coincidental association of the number 666 with the mark of the beast, and that he chose the price because he favored "repeating digits”.
Apple Computer, Inc. was officially established on January 3, 1977, without Wayne, who had departed and sold his stake in the company back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800 just twelve days after co-founding Apple. Multimillionaire Mike Markkula contributed vital business knowledge and funding amounting to US$250,000 (which is equivalent to $1,117,930 in 2021) to Jobs and Wozniak during the formation of Apple. In the initial five years of operation, revenues surged dramatically, doubling approximately every four months. From September 1977 to September 1980, annual sales increased from $775,000 to $118 million, reflecting an average annual growth rate of 533%.
John Sculley III (born April 6, 1939) is a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor in high-tech startups from the United States. Sculley served as vice president of PepsiCo from 1970 to 1977 and then as president from 1977 to 1983, before assuming the role of chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. on April 8, 1983, a position he maintained until his departure in 1993. In May 1987, Sculley was recognized as Silicon Valley's highest-paid executive, earning an annual salary of US$10.2 million.
Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firms products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.
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