Factory-sealed original iPhone sells for $39,340 at auction - AppleInsider

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An archetypal iPhone that was inactive mill sealed has fetched $39,339.60 erstwhile the hammer fell during LCG Auction's 2022 Fall Premier event.

LCG's 2022 Fall Premier Auction ended connected October 16, with bids for a assortment of items closing aft weeks of battle. The second lot, listed arsenic an "Original 2007 Apple iPhone Factory Sealed (First Release) managed to scope the grounds price, exceeding expectations of $30,000.

The 8GB model, which shipped with a 2-megapixel camera, was inactive successful its container and was kept successful "exceptional condition." Said to beryllium "virtually flawless on the aboveground and edges," it inactive had a choky mill seal and pristine labels connected the reverse.

Adding to the rarity of the batch is the deficiency of immoderate other after-market stickers and UPC labels, with the packaging wholly unmarked.

"We expected the bidding for this point to beryllium fervent and it did not disappoint arsenic a fistful of avid and blase collectors drove the terms from conscionable implicit $10,000 connected Sunday day to this record-setting magnitude by Sunday night," said LCG Auctions laminitis Mark Montero.

According to the bidding history, 28 bids were placed for the device. It reached $10,000 by October 14, earlier a flurry of enactment raised the terms connected October 16 successful conscionable implicit 2 hours.

The terms is an summation from different factory-sealed iPhone that sold astatine auction in August. At the time, the iPhone sold for $35,414. At the aforesaid auction, an unopened first-generation 5GB iPod sold for $25,000.

Other large tons astatine the LCG auction see a 1978 Star Wars Luke Skywalker Action Figure with Double Telescoping Lightsaber ($33,359), a 1987 G.I. Joe Defiant Playset ($32,340), and a 1986 M.A.S.K Boulder Hill Playset ($7,783).