[cctalk] Re: Revocable Living Trust for Computer Collectors

On 6/27/2024 10:41 AM, ben via cctalk wrote: Lightening the mood a bit: I assume it's different from systems of different eras, but I remember some of the early home game consoles being in boxes at garage sales in the late 1980s for pennies.  Then, in the early 2000s, I drove around to many widows' and "downsizing so I can move into a retirement apt" users' homes and "rescued" home computers. Some of the duplicate items that were obviously of value I sold, but I kept most since I didn't see a path to selling and realizing a profit. Time moved on, and companies relocated me to different states, packing and dragging all of this stuff to new homes. When we arrived in our current home, the movers moved so many computer monitors they started taking bets on how many I had (I didn't know, I just stacked them up as I rescued them).  I think they tallied 44 in total. Now, of course the market for home computers has greatly expanded, and what was once given away is now worth a tidy some of money. I do wonder, though, when the market will fall back down on certain era machines.  It appears classic cars (well kept and restored, of course) continue to appreciate in value, but I am not sure the same will apply to computing technology. Jim -- Jim Brain brain(a)jbrain.com www.jbrain.com