15 Nov
2006
15 Nov
'06
1:47 p.m.
On 15 Nov 2006 at 10:08, Jules Richardson wrote:
Seriously? Or do you just mean relative higher price?
I'd never thought of my
Apple /// as anything particularly interesting, really. The Profile drives are
nice, but I'd still not thought of it as a system that would fetch anything
other than beer money, even though it perhaps is collectible amongst A/// fans.
Let's see what ePay turns up in the "Completed Items".
Item 230051007402, Apple III, system unit, ended for $250 with "Buy
It Now"
Item 200045396534, Apple III, system software package (4 floppies),
$175.00
Can't really find anything else, so the /// system unit may be an
anomaly. I'd always viewed the /// as a huge flop on the part of
Apple and have turned down a few that have been offered to me.
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