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Exploring Barcelona's illegal market for long-lost tech treasure

The Nokia 3310 is a treasure. We found one buried in a stolen goods market in Barcelona on the day of its rebirth in the very same city.

Katie Collins
Katie a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent, covering tech policy and Big Tech in the EU and UK. Unofficially, she serves as CNET's Taylor Swift correspondent. You can also find her writing about tech for good, ethics and human rights, the climate crisis, robots, travel and digital culture. She was once described a "living synth" by London's Evening Standard for having a microchip injected into her hand.
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Tech was plentiful at Barcelona's weekly Sunday morning stolen goods market, but it was mainly retro treasures I found there.

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Look closely and there's tech in there somewhere.

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I spy you iPod touch and iPod mini

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Remember BBM?

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Ten points to Gryffindor for anyone who can identify this headset-ma-jig.

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Compact camera anyone?

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Time to get in Formation.

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On the move.

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The Guardia Urbana cracking down hard on the Barcelona underclass.

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Peace at last.

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The black market is child's play.

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Is that treasure I spot?

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My diamond in the rough: the Nokia 3310.

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From before phone cameras were a thing.

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Even kiddy tech has its price.

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More BlackBerrys.

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There's something for everyone at Placa Reial.

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