New old phone, or old new phone?
LCG Auctions
How much would you pay for an iPhone? An obsolete one, that is. And, although it might work, you can't use it. Or even ever touch it.
An unopened first-generation iPhone, still sealed in the box, recently sold at auction for $63k. Mind you, it took seventeen days and twenty-seven bids to get there.
Her first-generation iPhone sold at auction for $63,356.40 (£51,900) on Sunday. That blew away expectations the phone would go for $50,000. It's also more than 100 times the 8GB phone's original cost of $599.
Chloe Kim, BBC News
Expectations blown away? Being a little hyperbolic aren't we, Chloe? It's only a little over 25% more. Thirteen grand is chump change when you consider the joy of being able to hold a shrink-wrapped box…without ever being able to take the shrink-wrap off. But, just think of it, in there lies a little piece of history. A very little piece. Of a very limited history.
The buyer could've had a spanking new iPhone for around one sixtieth of the cost. None of it means they could afford a video game though. (pipe)