Straight 8 up on Ebay just now

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

there is an 8i   with similar crazy price but  different  user  id.... 
hmmm.... beware?
 
 also  a Rare Digital DEC H-500 Computer Lab, 1960s, Same  Switches as 
PDP-8/I, Vintage  for 700+
 
( we have an extra one of these Computer Lab, if  anyone here  is  
interested) 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/19/2016 12:07:02 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
jwsmail at jwsss.com writes:

On 7/18/2016  10:23 PM, Sam O'nella wrote:
> There may be some archives here or vcf  with enough prices.  Iirc i 
thought i remember one selling for something  pretty high (8000/12000?) X years 
ago although i think like this it's a  calculated price of doubling the last 
sale they saw. Although apple 1s seem to  accomplish whatever that law is 
called :-)
I think Straight 8's are nearly  to the point that other systems which 
have published tracking  inventories.  There are very few, this one looks 
complete, or near  complete.

That said I'd figure though some of the higher prices such as  the 
current PDP8/I and GT40 are setting for want of bids, they aren't that  
far from what you have to pay to get said systems on demand. This one  
may go for around the opportunistic price, and be lower, but $10 to $12k  
isn't going to be  surprising.