{"id":99981,"date":"2022-10-17T21:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/a-first-generation-iphone-just-sold-at-auction-for-over-39000\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T21:58:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:58:04","slug":"a-first-generation-iphone-just-sold-at-auction-for-over-39000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/a-first-generation-iphone-just-sold-at-auction-for-over-39000\/","title":{"rendered":"A first-generation iPhone just sold at auction for over $39,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How much would you share for a piece of high-tech history? For one collector, the answer was just over $39,000.<\/p>\n

That’s how much the bidder paid this weekend for a factory-sealed model of the first-edition iPhone \u2014 their winning bid topped out at $39,339.60.<\/p>\n

The 8GB smartphone was sold by LCG Auctions on Sunday. The device originally retailed for $599 in 2007 \u2014 or $852 in 2022 after inflation \u2014 and quickly saw its price climb from the opening bid of $2,500 to well into five figures.<\/p>\n

“We expected the bidding for this item to be fervent and it did not disappoint as a handful of avid and sophisticated collectors drove the price from just over $10,000 on Sunday afternoon to this record-setting amount by Sunday night,” LCG Auctions founder Mark Montero said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We congratulate the winners, our consignors and all of the bidders for making this one of the most active auctions in our history.”<\/p>\n

Steve Jobs first unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, and Apple quickly sold millions of units.<\/p>\n

The phone that sold over the weekend was advertised as being in “exceptional condition”, with “pristine” labels beneath the plastic seal and no aftermarket stickers on the box.<\/p>\n

In addition to the 8GB of storage the phone also featured a 2-megapixel camera.<\/p>\n

For context, the base model of the recently-released iPhone 14 has 128GB of storage and sports a 12-megapixel main camera with an ultra wide lens.<\/p>\n

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How much would you share for a piece of high-tech history? For one collector, the answer was just over $39,000. That’s how much the bidder paid this weekend for a factory-sealed model of the first-edition iPhone \u2014 their winning bid topped out at $39,339.60. The 8GB smartphone was sold by LCG Auctions on Sunday. The …<\/p>\n

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