10 Jun
1998
10 Jun
'98
2:19 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
Or the $1500 Lisa 2? That one went from $300 to $1500
in one bid, but it
only takes one sucker, err, collector.
Follow this one up. If it wasn't a joke bid, then the joke's on the dope
who bought it.
Prices will only go up. Online auctions are still in
the early adoption
phase, and they're not making any new Old Computers, so supply continues
to go down while demand goes up. You'll be able to retire on your
Sinclair ZX-81 at this rate.
One could only hope. But I question your assertion of supply going down.
I predict that supply could in fact go up! As people get word that morons
are buying up old computers like they were gold, all the old Apple ][s and
PETs and SYM-1s and what-not will be dug out of the closet/attic/cellar
and thrown up for bid. There are still plenty of computers out there.
Only some can be classified as truly rare, but nobody knows this for sure.
The very definition of "speculation"as it relates to collecting.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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