Vintageness

I take generic cold tablets, loath generic root beer, and have a sealed original Apple item, that in used but good condition I have sold to members of this list for $12, on auction with a current bid of about $600 with 3 days left. If its something you want to use, get one that works well, or even works the best, generic is fine. In matters of taste, go for the real thing, Barq's or A&W. Collectibility has its own rules, but sealed original mint etc. mean money. The only thing better is history, which is sort of the partner to uniqueness. The problem I think we are having is the intersection of collectible items that some of us wish to use, and where the cost of the replica is close to the cost of an original. A classic example of this that we can look back on instead of speculation on the future are the Gordon Gow editions of the classic Macintosh MC275 tube amplifier. At a time when the original MC275 amps were selling in very good condition for about $1500, MacIntosh released the Gordon Gow remake at $5000, with the street price dropping to about $3200 after a year or so. The re-release killed the collectible value of the originals, as the average person was a USER not a COLLECTOR, and greatly prefered the new more reliable etc. unit.