14 Jul
2024
14 Jul
'24
9:16 p.m.
On 7/14/2024 4:54 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
The natural question to ask is then; "What happens to all the non-big
ticket items? " The museum must have had a collection of junk to
treasure, what is going to happen to the pedestrian stuff? You know,
the kind of stuff we dabble in.
Doug
On Jul 14, 2024, at 10:22, Jonathan Chapman via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I doubt that any of the items going to auction at
Christie’s is going to be anything that would sell for scrap value. That isn’t an auction
house that scrap dealers frequent.
It is the stuff not deemed good enough for Christie’s that is at risk of being scrapped.
alan
If you care, bid the price above the scrap value.
Otherwise you know
what's going to happen (ie: the usual)
This right here.
If you aren't willing to pay scrap value, then the item is going to be considered
scrap. #1 (only?) positive to old computer junk becoming valuable is now folks know
it's worth more than scrap.