{"id":14297,"date":"2023-02-24T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T18:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=14297"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:16:31","slug":"first-gen-iphone-from-2007-sold-for-63000-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/first-gen-iphone-from-2007-sold-for-63000-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"First-gen iPhone from 2007 sold for $63,000 at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

First-gen iPhone from 2007 sold for $63,000 at auction. A woman received a factory-sealed, first-generation iPhone<\/a> as a present in 2007, but she never opened it because she didn’t want to let go of her other phone. Years later, the phone was sold at auction for a staggering $63,356.40 \u2014 more than 100 times its original price.<\/p>\n

Once the Sunday auction ended, the owner consigned the 2007 phone, which was still sealed in its box.<\/p>\n

The phone, sold on LCG Auctions on February 2, received bids from a total of 27 people. Even though it was anticipated to fetch $50,000, it easily crossed the $63,000 mark.<\/p>\n

The first-ever iPhone was released in June 2007.<\/p>\n

According to USA Today, Karen Green, a cosmetic tattoo artist in New Jersey, the phone’s initial owner, had it valued in 2019. It was valued at $5,000 because it was an 8GB, not a 4GB, and it was in the original packaging.<\/p>\n

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When the phone was released in 2007, Green received it as a present that summer when she was hired as a manager at PetSmart, according to Business Insider.<\/p>\n

At the time, according to the Insider report, Green already had three phone lines with Verizon, and iPhones only used AT&T. She “kept the phone on a shelf for years, unopened and unused, wrapped in a pair of felt pyjamas for extra precaution, in order to avoid a costly termination fee.”<\/p>\n

“I didn’t want to get rid of my new phone,” Green said in a 2019 appearance on “Doctor & The Diva.”<\/p>\n

Over the years, Green thought about selling the iPhone, but she kept it until she got in touch with LCG Auctions in October after finding out that another first-generation iPhone from 2007 went for about $40,000. She told Insider that she needed the cash for her cosmetic tattoo business.<\/p>\n

Apple first charged $599 for the first iPhone more than 15 years ago. According to LCG Auctions, the device was initially offered with 4GB or 8GB of storage, a 2-megapixel camera, and a 3.5-inch screen.<\/p>\n

In January 2007, during Steve Jobs’ tenure as CEO of Apple, he referred to the phone as “revolutionary” when he first unveiled it at the Macworld convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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