Original 2001 iPod in Sealed Box Sells for Eye-Watering Price at Auction

A first-generation iPod successful a sealed, never-opened container fetched a staggering $40,264 during an auction tally by RR Auction this month.


This appears to beryllium a record-breaking merchantability terms for an archetypal iPod astatine auction, with the previous known grounds being $29,000 successful 2023. The latest terms fetched does see a 25% buyer's premium charged by RR Auction.

In the U.S., the archetypal iPod was priced astatine $399 astatine launch.

Introduced by Steve Jobs in October 2001, the iPod helped Apple to go palmy again, aft it flirted with bankruptcy successful the precocious 1990s.

Jobs famously pitched the iPod arsenic offering "1,000 songs successful your pocket," and helium unveiled the instrumentality by pulling it retired of his ain pocket.

"With iPod, Apple has invented a full caller class of integer euphony subordinate that lets you enactment your full euphony postulation successful your pouch and perceive to it wherever you go," helium said. "With iPod, listening to euphony volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid again."

Here are the features advertised connected the archetypal iPod's box:

• Holds implicit 1,000 songs astatine near-CD prime connected 5GB hard drive


• Up to 10 hours of continuous playback with rechargeable lithium polymer battery


• Super portable astatine 6.5 ounces and lone 0.78 inch thick, 2.43 inches wide, and 4.02 inches tall


• Automatically synchronizes euphony and playlists with iTunes connected your Mac


• Unique scroll instrumentality for simple, one-handed navigation


• Plays MP3, WAV, and AIFF formats


• Skip extortion of up to 20 minutes (yes, minutes)


• High-resolution backlit LCD display


• Includes iPod, Apple Earphones, FireWire cable, and AC adapter

In addition, a sealed-in-box archetypal iPhone with a uncommon 4GB of retention (8GB is much common) fetched $81,989 astatine RR Auction this month.


While that is not a record terms for an archetypal iPhone, it is inactive a staggering magnitude of wealth for a instrumentality that outgo $499 erstwhile it launched successful 2007.
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