
A new-old iPhone doesn't appear very often, but this year there have been more than usual. There was an unsealed original iPhone that went to auction in February, and sold for a record $63,000, a similar one that sold in March for around $54,000, and then finally one in April that went for $40,000.
We know all these prices because tech YouTuber MKBHD took the plunge on the final sealed iPhone for a video, launching a great deal of money at the auction. And then, to everyone/no-ones surprise he nuked all that value; and opened it.