14 Jul
2024
14 Jul
'24
9:45 p.m.
Well, a contract is secured with a trusted trasher to come in and clear
the place out. Much like what happens when an old person dies. They come
in, load up trucks, take it to the recycling center and get an
appropriately sized check.
No point dealing with little money things. The goal is to get rid of
everything, not to sit there and preserve stuff.
C
On 7/14/2024 5:16 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote:
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.