Thanks for the giveaways. Please count me in.

I think the news item you mention is a very special case. Not only was the iPod unopened, but also the iPod to iPhone product lines revitalized Apple at a time when they were having serious struggles. Further, the iPod into iPhone era was a truly transformative period in computing. So the original iPod represents a particularly pivotal product.

Does all that mean it was "worth" what was paid for it? For the person who paid it, sure. To most people, probably not.

But antiques are always partially about "the beauty of this object in it's time" so like all beauty it's in the eye of the beholder.

I don't consider my self very into antiques, but sometime I like "cool old stuff." Is there a difference? I don't collect though.

@tinyputerboy