16 Jul
2014
16 Jul
'14
11:58 a.m.
I've been helping in some restorations recently (both my own, and someone I
know's Sun 1...) and one of the questions
that have come up is valuation (say for insurance, etc, or acquiring
another system...)
Is there some sort of collected list of values of some of vintage machines
that have sold, either ebay, privately,
auction, etc.?
I know that something is worth only what someone will pay for it, but for
insurance purposes at least you'd need
some sort of benchmark to give to the insurance company... I know you don't
get a good valuation if you let them do it...
Thanks.
Earl
17 Jul
17 Jul
10:32 a.m.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Earl Baugh <earl at baugh.org> wrote:
I've been helping in some restorations recently
(both my own, and someone I
know's Sun 1...) and one of the questions
that have come up is valuation (say for insurance, etc, or acquiring
another system...)
My Dad's experience with collectable toys and guns has been that these
things are generally uninsurable unless you lock them away in a display
case. Mostly replacement cost is impossible to calculate and risks are
impossible to asses. About the only thing he could get was, given a receipt
for how much he paid for an item, the insurance company would be willing to
write him a rider for exactly that amount in the event it was irretrievably
lost (destroyed by something or lost and not recovered for some long period
of time).
--Chuck
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