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In 2023, a first-generation iPhone sold for $190,000 in unopened original packaging. This price represents a staggering 380-fold increase since its 2007 release in the United States, when it cost $499. The iPhone's value surged despite being a rare version with only four gigabytes, compared to the more popular eight-gigabyte model.

A similar iPhone auction a few months before the record sale netted $63,656. This trend of mundane items becoming coveted collectibles is not limited to smartphones. Other tech gadgets, toys, trading cards, and comic books have also transformed from everyday objects into highly sought-after collector's pieces over the years.

So, what factors contribute to the rise in value of products that once cost a few hundred dollars and now fetch several thousand or, in rare cases, even millions? What makes them desirable, and can we predict which modern items might eventually become collector's items? How do collector markets develop? Jacco Scheper, who has been fascinated by collecting since childhood, serves as the managing director of Heritage Auctions Europe, a subsidiary of the Heritage Auctions group.

Five years ago, the company auctioned an unopened "Super Mario 64" game from Nintendo for $1.56 million. Released in Japan and the US in 1996, the game cost between $60 and $70. Scheper notes that the game's high selling price is due to its unopened state in its original cartridge packaging, unlike most buyers who opened their copies to play. For collector items like old iPhones, it's crucial that no accessories are missing, he adds.