{"id":240178,"date":"2023-07-17T06:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=298409"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:40:39","slug":"iphone-auction-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/iphone-auction-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Priceless Piece of Tech History: Original iPhone Sold for Staggering Sum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the world of collectors, there are no limits to what a coveted item can reach in terms of value. The latest example of this rule comes from a recent auction, where a sealed 4GB original iPhone, a rarity produced by Apple for only a few months, sold for the astonishing sum of $158,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\r\n
\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Apple\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Apple Music<\/span>\r\n DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/path><\/path><\/text><\/svg>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rarity is everything in the world of collectors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The market for original iPhones has been quite active in the past year. In February, a record was set when a sealed original iPhone sold for $63,000. However, demand and prices have decreased in recent months. In April, one sold for just over $18,000, a significant drop compared to the record price in February, although the figure is still impressive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But the trend seems to have taken a 180-degree turn. The auction house LCG Auctions<\/a> estimated that the sealed 4 GB iPhone we are talking about would sell for between $50,000 and $100,000. However, in the final hours of the auction, demand intensified, and bids jumped from $67,000 to $158,644. In other words, 250% more than the previous record set in February and over 300 times the original price of $499<\/strong> that this iPhone model had just 16 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phone’s main rarity lies not only in its origins from a former Apple engineer who worked on the device but also in its pristine condition and the fact that it was a 4 GB storage model<\/strong>. So much so that another sealed 8 GB original iPhone sold at the same auction for $44,771.<\/p>\n\n\n

\r\n
\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Apple\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Apple Music<\/span>\r\n DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/path><\/path><\/text><\/svg>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Prices like these are a testament to the continued importance of the iPhone in the consumer electronics market and how a single product has redefined an entire sector of the market. It’s also a reminder that, just like with the Nintendo PlayStation, it’s always worth taking a look in some drawers<\/strong>, as we might come across a hidden gem of sufficient value to purchase the new iPhone 15 and the following iPhones for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It never hurts to take a look in some drawers, because we could find a hidden gem of enough value to buy the new iPhone 15 and the following iPhones for several years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9262,"featured_media":240181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-240178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319072,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240178\/revisions\/319072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240178"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=240178"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=240178"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=240178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}