Another rare sealed box of the original iPhone has fetched a whopping $133,435 at an auction. This original iPhone was part of the first production batch where Apple Inc. AAPL used 4GB of RAM instead of 8GB.
What Happened: One of the original iPhones with 4GB RAM has fetched its owner a whopping $133,435 at an auction. In addition to being in sealed condition with the original Apple packaging, the owner even kept the receipt and the FedEx packaging in which the phone was delivered.
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Apple memorabilia has been a hit with auctioneers and collectors. Earlier, another rare sealed condition original iPhone fetched $190,373, while a 1983 letter from Steve Jobs with his signature fetched its owner a record $480,000.
The auction started with an opening bid of $20,000, but bids quickly ramped up to close at over $133,000.
The biggest attraction for this original iPhone is that it is a 4GB version, which is amongst the rarest iPhones out there. This version had extremely limited production runs since Apple launched an 8GB version for $100 more, which ate into the demand for the 4GB version.
Apple Collectibles Are A Big Hit: If you want to get rich quickly, pray that you have one of the rarest Apple collectibles out there.
For instance, the original Apple founding contract made its owner a millionaire, fetching $1.59 million in an auction. This was more than ten times the initial estimates of $150,000.
If you have an Apple product, you might just want to consider keeping it in pristine condition – it could one day make you rich.
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