Technology | Steve Jobs dead Jobs' Death Boosts Mock Turtleneck Sales St. Croix rep says sales nearly doubled By Evann Gastaldo Posted Oct 7, 2011 6:37 AM CDT Copied In this June 10, 2002 file photo, (then) Gov. Angus King, right, greets Apple CEO Steve Jobs, during a visit to Portland high School, in Portland, Maine. Jobs died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at 56. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File) In an odd, somewhat bittersweet tribute to Steve Jobs' influence, sales of mock turtlenecks surged yesterday. No, this isn't an Onion headline, although it is a TMZ headline. A rep for clothing line St. Croix, which apparently makes the black mock turtlenecks Jobs was famous for wearing, tells the gossip site the tops started flying off shelves as soon as news of Jobs' death broke, resulting in an "almost 100% increase in sales." The turtlenecks sell for a cool $175, notes the Minneapolis Business Journal, which reports that Jobs bought about two dozen of them each year. Click for more Jobs remembrances. Read These Next CBS News boss pulls 60 Minutes segment critical of Trump policy. Kansas City Chiefs moving across state line. Trump makes a new move on Greenland, and Denmark isn't happy. Camera records 'dirty eruption' at Yellowstone National Park. Report an error