23 Aug
2024
23 Aug
'24
11:24 a.m.
The moneyed collector world is a lot different than us people who collect and like to fix
and see things run again.
The reason that item sold for that high a price is because the buyer “could afford to pay
that price”. In other words “because i can”.
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On Aug 23, 2024, at 05:33, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 8:07 AM Christian Liendo via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I think we getting to that point and to show this I have the link for
RR Auctions collection that closed yesterday and look at the sales
numbers.
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/auction-details/698?page=2&itemQty=9…
I'm intrigued by the magazines being graded now. I think I'm one of
the few who enjoy the magazines and so seeing them graded and sold is
odd to me.
I have been talking to people out ticket the vintage computer
community who happen to like old technology and with money to spend.
They have taken an interest in the hobby and are dropping good money
on things they want.
What I don't think we have yet is many of the speculators that the
classic car hobby has.
$3400 for the premier issue of Mac World? Who would pay that much for this?
Bill
On Mon,
Aug 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM Wayne S via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I think this sale might propel computer collecting into a parallel
market now occupied by car collectors.
In car collecting, not all cars are classic
collectibles, but are worth
more than scrap value because of condition, hobbyist wanting to fix up or
maybe sentimentality. Think a Volkswagen bug for example. People buy those
for various reasons.
The classic cars that command big money are
traded among very well-To-do
collectors.
I think Christies may be trying to duplicate the
collectable car market
with collectable computers.