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Google: Larry Page Signed Check - PSA NM-MT 8 Google, Inc. business check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Page, "Lawrence Page," payable to Hi Tech USA for $16,185.54, January 8, 1999 [with "98" written erroneously in the first days of the new year]. Google's address is given as "555 Bryant #106, Palo Alto, CA 94301." In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as "NM-MT 8." Google, Inc. was officially incorporated on September 7, 1998, by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as a way to bring their 'PageRank' algorithm—an improved method of ranking internet search results, developed in the course of their Stanford doctoral work—to the masses. This check, written just four months later, is therefore one of the earliest checks written after the founding of Google. The consignor notes: "In August of 1998, Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check to Google for $100,000 becoming the initial investor in the company. It took a few weeks for the check to be cashed because Google was not yet an incorporated company. On September 7 1998, Google became an incorporated company and the first checking account with the name Google Inc was opened. The address used to open the account, 555 Bryant #106 Palo Alto CA is currently a UPS Store which Google used as a mailing address. The actual offices were in a garage in Menlo Park. It appears that the first check number used to set up the account was number 2000 to give the appearance of an established account/company... I joined the company in April of 2002. I worked in the Finance department as the manager of Disbursements and Payroll. I was the first manager level hired in the Finance department. I came across these checks as we were moving from one location to another, as we did frequently. The checks were to be discarded to make room for other files. The company was growing very fast at the time. I kept them thinking it would be fun to have from a historical perspective."

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Google: Larry Page Signed Check - PSA NM-MT 8 Google, Inc. business check, 6 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Page, "Lawrence Page," payable to Hi Tech USA for $16,185.54, January 8, 1999 [with "98" written erroneously in the first days of the new year]. Google's address is given as "555 Bryant #106, Palo Alto, CA 94301." In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as "NM-MT 8." Google, Inc. was officially incorporated on September 7, 1998, by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as a way to bring their 'PageRank' algorithm—an improved method of ranking internet search results, developed in the course of their Stanford doctoral work—to the masses. This check, written just four months later, is therefore one of the earliest checks written after the founding of Google. The consignor notes: "In August of 1998, Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check to Google for $100,000 becoming the initial investor in the company. It took a few weeks for the check to be cashed because Google was not yet an incorporated company. On September 7 1998, Google became an incorporated company and the first checking account with the name Google Inc was opened. The address used to open the account, 555 Bryant #106 Palo Alto CA is currently a UPS Store which Google used as a mailing address. The actual offices were in a garage in Menlo Park. It appears that the first check number used to set up the account was number 2000 to give the appearance of an established account/company... I joined the company in April of 2002. I worked in the Finance department as the manager of Disbursements and Payroll. I was the first manager level hired in the Finance department. I came across these checks as we were moving from one location to another, as we did frequently. The checks were to be discarded to make room for other files. The company was growing very fast at the time. I kept them thinking it would be fun to have from a historical perspective."

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Google: Sergey Brin Signed Check for "Executive Photos" - PSA NM-MT 8 Google, Inc. business check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Brin, "Sergey Brin," payable to Photo Express for $329.08, February 4, 1999, with the memo noting: "Executive Photos." Google's address is given as "555 Bryant #106, Palo Alto, CA 94301." In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as "NM-MT 8." Google, Inc. was officially incorporated on September 7, 1998, by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as a way to bring their 'PageRank' algorithm—an improved method of ranking internet search results, developed in the course of their Stanford doctoral work—to the masses. This check, written just five months later, is therefore one of the earliest checks written after the founding of Google. Moreover, it appears to represent an early investment in their corporate image—a payment for "executive photos," presumably of co-founders Brin and Page, who served as president and CEO, respectively. The consignor notes: "In August of 1998, Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check to Google for $100,000 becoming the initial investor in the company. It took a few weeks for the check to be cashed because Google was not yet an incorporated company. On September 7 1998, Google became an incorporated company and the first checking account with the name Google Inc was opened. The address used to open the account, 555 Bryant #106 Palo Alto CA is currently a UPS Store which Google used as a mailing address. The actual offices were in a garage in Menlo Park. It appears that the first check number used to set up the account was number 2000 to give the appearance of an established account/company... I joined the company in April of 2002. I worked in the Finance department as the manager of Disbursements and Payroll. I was the first manager level hired in the Finance department. I came across these checks as we were moving from one location to another, as we did frequently. The checks were to be discarded to make room for other files. The company was growing very fast at the time. I kept them thinking it would be fun to have from a historical perspective."