“Cash for Rares”: The two cell phones are worth more than 10,000 euros – but Waldi is only offering 80 euros

“Cash for rares”
The two old cell phones are worth more than 10,000 euros – but Waldi is only offering 80 euros

Two of the oldest cell phones in the world are up for auction at “Cash for Rares”. Its value is enormous – but Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz doesn’t let it bother him.

“Many years of responsibility is not always that easy,” says Franz Berlich. For this reason, the 32-year-old recruiter from Berlin wants to separate himself from his two cell phones separate that he bought years ago.

“Oh, I still remember those things,” exclaims Horst Lichter delighted when he saw the parts. And immediately tries to make a phone call. But Sven Deutschmanek explains to him that the telephones no longer work at all – because the networks no longer exist.

Lichter wants to know why he bought them when they no longer work Salesperson then know. He has a plausible explanation: It was his dream to own the world’s first telephone and he had been looking for it for many years. “I don’t understand any of this anymore, but I’m going to tune out,” says Lichter and hands over to the expert.

“Cash for Rares”: Horst Lichter no longer understands the world

He gives a short lecture: The model is the so-called DynaTAC 800x from Motorola. The company was originally called GMC, explains Deutschmanek. They had great success with car radios in the 1930s and then renamed themselves. The new company name was made up of Motor and Ola (sound, wave). In 1983, Motorola brought the first cell phone onto the market, a bulky device that was also very expensive. According to the price, it cost $4000 Berlich a telephone back then.

When Horst Lichter heard the seller’s desired price, he was amazed: Berlich would like 6,000 per piece. “So 12,000 euros?” asks the moderator in disbelief. “Are you serious?” But the expert confirms the wish. He estimates the value of the two cell phones at 10,000 to 12,000 euros. The world no longer understands lights.

When Berlich enters the dealer’s room, Lisa Nüdling shouts happily: “A cell phone!” Her colleague Walter “Waldi” Lehnertz Try it out now and simulate a phone call with Nüdling. “Hello, darling, can you please make me a coffee? Be quick!” says “Waldi” and explains: “That’s how it works with the girls.”

In complete ignorance of the true value of the phones, “Waldi” offers 80 euros. When he hears the expertise, he immediately says goodbye to the race. The other dealers also prefer to keep their hands off it, and so Franz Berlich has to pack up his two huge blocks and take them home with him.

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