It may not prove value to old objects, since in technology, they evolve so fast that if we look at anything 10 years ago, it seems very mediocre, however, it can have a value, especially collecting, very high.
This is what we have seen these days with the auction of a original iPodwhich, sealing, has reached the figure of $ 40,264, which would be equivalent to about $ 35,000, a barbarity if we count that in its day its departure price was $ 399.
How much is an iPod of 2001
A first -generation iPod, completely sealing and unrelated, It has just been sold for $ 40,264 In an Auction RR auction, a figure that includes the buyer's premium of 25% and that, incidentally, marks a new top for an original iPod, which we have already seen to be sold by very high figure.
The news comes to us today, August 22, 2025 and leaves behind the previous $ 29,000 record of 2023 (with a rise of more than $ 10,000 in less than 2 years). Think about it a second, that player that Steve Jobs presented us in October 2001 for $ 399 (which was already expensive for that time), with the already mythical “A thousand songs in your pocket”, today is quoted as a museum piece. However, this price comes because the unit was sealed, intact, with everything that came standard: Apple headphones, Firewire cable, current adapter, and that design that hid a 5 GB disk, battery for about 10 hours and the displacement wheel that turned the navigation into something almost touch before the touch was normal.
It also had jumping protection, compatibility with MP3, WAV and AIFF, and automatic synchronization with iTunes in Mac, details that today sound nostalgic, but that were then pure future. To add spicy, an original sealing iPhone of 4 GB, the rare version, because almost all were 8 GB, which reached 81,989 dollars appeared.
Do not beat the absolute record of iPhonebut impress if you remember that came out in 2007 for $ 499. What explains these figures? Real scarcity of prevented units, the collector pull by the first batch of gadgets that redefined music and mobile, and a powerful story behind. It is not just an old device, it is the symbol of an era in which Apple went from “another manufacturer” to mark the course of digital consumption.
Therefore, if you have one at home, you know what it is worth, although it is clear that in the conditions that these people had it is almost impossible, because there are many old models used, but not prevented, although even these can have a good value, especially if the years continue to pass.
And you, would you pay these figures for a simple iPod, even though it is a relic, or do you think it is exaggerated and that collecting reaches madness points? The truth is that I think it is interesting, especially as an investment, since we see that every year they sell more expensive, and maybe in a five years, those $ 40,000 are double, who knows, there will always be a madman who ends up paying them. Leave us a comment with your opinion.
