15 Nov
2006
15 Nov
'06
2:46 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Practical question on valuation of old systems
On 15 Nov 2006 at 10:08, Jules Richardson wrote:
I'm just trying to understand what makes an item "collectible".
Perhaps the cachet of a major maker, particularly one that enjoys
something of a religious following has something to do with it.
Cheers,
Chuck
Sometimes I think people collect a specific brand just to fit in. I have
seen a few people on the Mac IRC channel.I frequent go out of their way to
get SGI systems that they never do a thing with (not that there is anything
wrong with an SGI collector).
Amiga gear seems to sell for more then its "worth" because of the Amiga user
base that never really left it, while similar items for the 68k Mac are much
cheaper since those users migrated to newer Mac machines. I wonder what 68K
and early PPC Macs would be worth if Apple had died in the late 1990's. What
will SGI gear be worth once SGI is no more (I am sure the brand name will be
sold to some Asian company just like Northgate and many other brands were).
One of the benefits I found collecting 386/486 era equipment is that few
others bother so I can get what I want cheaply (mostly exotic ISA/VLB/EISA
cards).
TZ