12 Aug
1997
12 Aug
'97
3:48 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
Do we have any evidence of outlandish prices actually
being paid?
There are lots of newspaper articles referencing ridiculous amounts for
an Apple I like $10-$15K, but no facts to back them up. The only
documented sale in existence is the one at the 1996 Computer Bowl
charity auction for $22K, but that hardly counts.
I won't say who :) but I know of someone who paid $1,400 for an Altair 8800.
Does anyone have any facts about Altairs or IMSAIs
going for thousands?
Shit, if someone knows someone who wants to pay a thousand or so for
these then I have a mint in my garage.
While there seem to be quite a lot of "Altair /
IMSAI Wanted" ads on
USENET, I've never actually communicated with anyone who was in this for
the speculation. Does anyone know someone who is?
I would imagine these are the people who had one way back in the 70s and
want to relieve their former glory...
My advice to anyone who actually wanted to speculate
in old computers
would be to buy a ton of Apple IIe/IIc's and Commodore 64's - like a
warehouse full. They're common as dirt right now and go for garage sale
prices. When all of those people whose first computer was one of those
hit age 50 (in approximately 2015) they're going to have to buy one, and
you'd be in fat city :)
...just like the people Kai mentions above who will want to re-live the
days of playing with their C64 or Apples.
Sam
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