First-gen iPhone sells at auction for INR 15500000 about 380 times its original price
A first-generation iPhone has sold at auction for more than Rs 15500000 almost 380 times its original price of RS 40000 when the ground-breaking device went for sale in 2007.
LCG Auctions, which hosted Sunday’s sale, said the 4GB iPhone model was 20 times rarer than the 8GB model released at the same time for Rs 50000. That’s largely because the 4GB model was discontinued two months after launch given customer preference for the larger memory size.
“A new bar was set Sunday night,” said Mark Montero, the founder of LCG Auctions. “We are thrilled to be a part of this fantastic record breaking sale.”
It is the third original iPhone to sell for record prices at auction in the past year. An 8GB model sold for Rs 5200000 in February and another 8GB model fetched Rs3225000 in October 2022. All were factory sealed in their original packaging.
The iPhone is one of the world’s most successful electronic products and helped make Apple the first publicly held company with a $3 trillion market value. The Cupertino, California, company reached that milestone 16 years after the first iPhones were sold.
