24 Aug
2004
24 Aug
'04
10:58 p.m.
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Cleaning up yellowed/grubby plastic?
I'll go around kicking dents in stuff you own for $5 per dent, but there's
no guarantees I'll ever be famous :)
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
I can see people lining up with landmines and a crisp $5 in their hands...
just kidding.
Anything a person used to become famous is usually what becomes collectable.
An example would be the weapon Oswald supposedly killed JFK with in Texas,
or the guitar a musician used to record his greatest song. If you ever
became world famous for your computing collection then any part of that
collection would be worth a little more IF it can be traced to you by serial
number etc. In the coin world quite a bit of coins are known for the
collectors that used to own the rarities. So Sellam if you end up famous I
don't think the coffee table you kick over when you are pissed would be
worth anymore then $5 at a garage sale.
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
> > The problem is new furniture has to look 100% new, while something
200+
> > years old has to look vintage (some signs of
normal ageing). While
some rich
> > person would love to have a piece of
furniture that Napoleon might
have
> > scuffed with his boot (a good story helps)
they don't want a new table
they
> > spent tons of money on to get dinged by the
movers (no interesting
story
there).
So,...
the damage that you do reduces the value, UNTIL you become famous.