2024-03-26 22:05:39
Now let’s all have a good rummage through the technology drawer! Maybe there is still a real treasure in the tangled mess of charging cables, old cell phone cases and phone bones.
Anyone who finds a first-generation Apple iPhone there in its original packaging can consider themselves lucky.
23,304 percent profit
At a recent auction in Boston (US state of Massachusetts), the 2007 model went under the hammer for 110,000 euros, reported Daily Mail. As a reminder: the purchase price at the time was just 470 euros. That makes a whopping 109,530 euros or 23,304 percent profit.
In addition to the smartphone, 119 other Apple items were auctioned with a total value of 1.5 million euros.
A copy of the first PC with a bitten apple for the average consumer also went to the highest bidder – for a whopping 239,000 euros!
Apple’s first personal computer (PC), the Apple I, cost 666 dollars (613 euros).
Photo: RR Auction
Antique iPhone and PC – two true collector’s items. Clunky designs, small screens and operating systems that are completely out of date. But highly sought after.
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And if you can’t find anything technical at home – maybe a business card will do… The signed card of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs found a new owner for 132,000 euros.
Has a lot of wear, but is valuable: Steve Jobs’ business card
Photo: RR Auction
The digital revolution with the iPhone and the first generation Apple PC: Technically today only valuable as a dust collector – of considerable value!
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