Whats wrong with chip collecting? (SOL-20)

Even scarier: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2072033128 This is an Altair 8800 with 6 days left that has already reached $4,000. One reason, I'm sure, is the addendum to the auction which reads: "In response to several inquiries, the microprocessor on the first CPU card is indeed a C8080 with no suffix (please see photo below). For those of you who are not familiar with it, the C8080 was the earliest version of this microprocessor and is the most sought after and valuable of all the early Intel microprocessors. A C8080 chip alone can sell for $700-$1000 depending on condition" "However, it has been brought to my attention that the chip shown below is an early production version of the 8080, made in 1973 at an Intel subcontractor's assembly plant in Tijuana, Mexico. It is a very rare chip, which might be worth 1.5x the value of a more typical C8080." "I would like to thank Steve of The Antique Chip Collector's Page (http://www.antiquetech.com) for his help in researching the background of this chip." I was considering bidding on this until the price reached the stratosphere. I'd be willing to bet that the buyer can find a chip collector to take that C8080 off his hands for at least $1,500. On the other side of lunacy I'd be willing to pay the winner something substantially less then that for the Computer Notes that are part of the auction.