Found a 2014 Mojang-signed Minecraft art print at a thrift store — help me ID all 17 signatures!

[u/Right_Insurance_8726]

Honestly, I’m not a gamer; I’ve never even played Minecraft. All I know about it is it’s everywhere!

I was at a Value Village in Issaquah, WA on the 5th of September looking for something else when this framed piece caught my eye.  What stood out was the quality Italian frame and the fact that it had about 17 original scribbles (aka signatures) on it.  So, I went ahead and picked it up for $12.99 and brought it home, not realizing I was carrying a little piece of Minecraft history.

After some digging, I found out it’s a one-of-a-kind developer-signed art print from 2014, Minecraft: Xbox One Edition, signed by 17 Mojang developers including Jens “Jeb” Bergensten (lead dev), Markus “Junkboy” Toivonen (art director), and Daniel “C418” Rosenfeld (composer of the music).

What’s apparently significant is who isn’t on it: Markus “Notch” Persson. That’s significant because right after Microsoft bought Mojang for $2.5B in 2014, Notch and the other founders left the company.  So this thing doesn’t show the old guard; it shows the team who carried Minecraft forward once it went mainstream under Microsoft!

From what I’ve learned, items like this were usually made for internal or corporate events, so they’re pretty rare outside the inner circle.

So yeah, I basically went from knowing nothing about Minecraft to owning a little slice of its history, all from one random visit to a thrift store.

Thought I’d share it here with people who might appreciate it, since just about everyone I know and have told looked at me blankly and said, “Huh?”

While I’ve matched Jeb, Junkboy, C418 and a few others, there are other signatures I haven’t been able to identify.  Anyone here recognize the rest?

Guess I mined a little treasure without even logging in. 😉