Since its introduction in December 2001, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sold over 400 million iPods. The initial batch was in high demand and quickly sold out across the country. There aren’t many sealed versions of the first Apple iPod, but thanks to Rally Rd, many individuals may own one.
Rally Rd is giving 5,000 shares of a 1st generation sealed Apple iPod from 2001. The price of each share will be $5. The lot includes the original Apple retail bag as well as an unopened iPod sleeve.
The iPod is a white 5GB model that cost $399 in 2001 and was one of around 25,000 first-generation iPods sold by Apple.
This iPod was purchased as a gift at the Willowbrook Mall Apple Store in Plano, Texas, according to the Certificate of Authenticity. The child kept the item in a closet, sealed in a bag, and never used it.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs pledged in October 2001 that the iPod will put 1,000 songs in users’ pockets: “With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again,” he declared.
In 2014 and 2021, two sealed iPods sold on eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) for $25,000 and $21,995, respectively.
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Rally Rd Information: Rally Rd is one of only a few companies that offers fractional ownership in vehicles, wine, literature, comics, sports cards, and memorabilia to its consumers.
Prototype Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) shoes, first-edition Pokemon cards, memorabilia from the Apollo 11 space mission, and even dinosaur bones have all been added to the company’s portfolio.
Rally has already offered two other Apple-related assets.
Shares in a 1986 Macintosh Plus signed by Steve Jobs and the Apple team were up for grabs. The computer was originally priced at $50,000 in the October 2020 auction, but has subsequently increased to $110,000 on Rally’s secondary market.
In April 2021, the company issued shares in an original Apple I computer. The computer offering was priced at $25 per share, and 33,000 shares were purchased by 1,840 investors and collectors, valuing the asset at $825,000.
Items are frequently offered on the secondary market every three months after their first offering has ended.
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