{"id":1976612,"date":"2023-07-18T18:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-generation-iphone-sold-at-auction-for-over-190000\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:51:33","slug":"first-generation-iphone-sold-at-auction-for-over-190000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-generation-iphone-sold-at-auction-for-over-190000\/","title":{"rendered":"First iPhone auctioned for $190,000+."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-generation-iphone-sold-at-auction-for-over-190000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976612&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption\u2062 class=\"wp-element-caption\">The \u2062new \u200cApple \u2062iPhone is \u200ddisplayed \u200dat Macworld\u2064 January 9, 2007 in San \u2063Francisco,\u2062 California.\u2063 (Photo \u200dby\u2062 David \u2063Paul\u200b Morris\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \u2063 \u200d  <\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel\u200c Smith-Hill\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>3:49\u2064 PM\u2063 \u2013 Tuesday, \u200dJuly \u206218, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>\u2062   \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>An \u2062unopened first-generation Apple\u200c iPhone \u2064from \u200d2007\u2062 was sold at an auction\u2063 on Sunday\u200b for\u200c a record\u2062 amount\u200d of $190,372,\u200c a price estimated\u200c to \u2062be\u2064 more \u2064than 400\u200b times \u200dits \u2062original retail price.<\/p>\n<div \u200bid=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; \u2063 text-align: center;\">\u2063 \u200c \t<script>  \u200d\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() \u200c{ googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1');\u2064 }); \u200d \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u2063 \u2064   <\/p>\n<p>The\u200c limited production of\u2063 the\u2064 4GB model \u2064at\u2062 the time \u2062led \u200cthe version\u2063 to be \u2064considered the \u2064\u201cHoly Grail\u201d \u2064by iPhone collectors.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c   <\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 lot,\u2064 Run\u200d by LCG \u200cAuctions, estimated \u200cthat the phone would be sold \u200cfor roughly\u2063 $50,000\u2013$100,000, as it was \u200bconsidered \u200bto be\u2063 \u201cexceedingly\u200b rare,\u201d \u2063according \u2062to\u200d the auction house.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u200d \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>In \u20632007, the phone \u200dwas \u2064priced\u2064 at\u200d $499\u2063 for \u200cthe 4GB model.<\/p>\n<p>   \u200c \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The majority of iPhone buyers at the \u2063time chose to\u2064 double the \u2063storage \u200bcapacity of their\u200d phone. However, sales of \u2063the\u2063 4GB model lagged, \u2062resulting\u2063 in Apple\u2019s decision to \u2064discontinue\u200d its production \u2062in \u2063September 2007.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u200d  <blockquote\u200b class=\"wp-block-quote\"> \u2063<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts\u2062 extreme\u200c scarcity is directly\u2063 related to its \u200dlimited \u200cproduction,\u201d\u200b said\u2063 LGC\u2064 Auctions\u200b in \u2064its listing, noting that the phone was unopened,\u200b in \u200dpristine \u200bcondition, \u200band\u200c still\u2063 in its \u2064original \u2064packaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>   \u200c <\/p>\n<p>The \u200ciPhone\u2019s starting bid\u200c was\u2062 set\u2064 at\u2064 $10,000,\u200d however, after 28 bids, it\u2064 was eventually\u200c sold \u2063for its record-breaking \u2064price.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u200b \u2064  \u200c<blockquote\u2063 class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe phone\u2019s provenance\u2063 is\u2063 pristine, as the\u2064 consignor was \u200cpart of\u2062 the \u2063original\u2064 engineering\u2064 team at \u2063Apple when\u200d the\u200c iPhone first\u200c launched,\u201d\u200b LCG \u2063Auctions wrote.\u2064 \u201cCollectors\u2064 and\u2064 investors \u2064would be hard\u200c pressed to find \u2064a superior \u2064example.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200d   <\/p>\n<p>The first-generation\u2062 Apple \u2063iPhone is \u200bnot\u2063 the \u200bfirst time that rare\u2063 memorabilia connected to Steve Jobs\u200d has\u2062 sold for\u200d an\u2064 exorbitant price. \u2063The \u200dApple-1,\u2063 an\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-generation-iphone-sold-at-auction-for-over-190000\/\" title=\"First iPhone auctioned for 0,000+.\">8-bit\u2062 desktop\u200c computer\u2062 released<\/a> \u2062by Apple in \u200d1976, \u200dsold last \u200cyear\u2063 for\u2063 over \u2064$677,000.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe\u200c here.\u00a0<a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>California Governor Gavin \u2064Newsom is\u200b accused \u200bof undermining \u200bTemecula Unified School\u2063 Board members. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u2062 class=\"entry-content\">\u200b \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Former Texas Rep.\u2062 Mayra Flores is running \u200dto \u200bwin her seat \u2063back in the 34th district.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u2062 class=\"entry-content\"> \u200c \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 child \u200btrafficking\u2062 gets more \u200bmainstream \u2062attention,\u00a0a new film\u200b titled \u200b\u2018Dream\u2019 \u200bis in the\u200c works.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u2064 class=\"entry-content\">  \u2064\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Steven Rogers, Retired\u200c New\u2064 Jersey \u200bPolice \u2062Lieutenant, joins \u2062Monica Rodriguez to\u2063 discuss \u200bthe White \u200dHouse\u200d cocaine \u2062scandal\u2026 apparently\u2064 it wasn\u2019t the first drug\u200b found \u200dat 1600 Pennsylvania \u200bAvenue this \u2062year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u2062 \u2063 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TOKYO (Reuters) \u2013 SoftBank \u2064Group has\u2063 invested $65\u200b million\u2064 in \u200cBritish\u2064 company\u2062 Tractable, \u2063an insurance technology \u2064company\u200d that uses\u200b AI\u200d to\u2064 assess\u2026 \u2063<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \u200b\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NEW DELHI (Reuters)\u2064 \u2013 Walt\u2064 Disney has \u2063approached \u2063a \u2063state\u2063 court\u2062 in \u2064India \u2062in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-received-target-letter-in-federal-j6-probe-from-jack-smith\/\" title=\"Trump claims he got target letter in J6 probe from Jack Smith.\">ongoing \u2064legal challenge<\/a> against Google\u2019s in-app\u2063 billing\u2026 \u200c<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u200bclass=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ISTANBUL\u2063 (Reuters) \u200b\u2013 An accord which Saudi\u200b Arabia \u2062signed \u200bto\u200c buy Turkish drones entails cooperation in technology transfer \u200cand \u2062joint production, \u200dthe\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200c\u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2063(Reuters) \u2063\u2013\u2064 The White \u2062House \u200con Tuesday \u200dalong with companies \u2062such \u200cas \u200dAmazon.com Inc, Alphabet\u2019s Google and Best\u200d Buy \u2063will announce\u2026\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2007 first-generation Apple iPhone, still unopened, was recently sold at an auction for a staggering $190,372. 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