Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

[Mike Stein]

Remember that there are folks out there with millions or more (often made in a computer-related field), for whom $20,000 is the same as $20.00 for most of us...

m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]


>I don't think a flipper would have paid that much.
> Complete machines have sold for just over 15K within recent memory.
> A deep pockets collector must have a machine with all the right
> serial numbers that was just missing drives.
> 
> sigh.. getting like the high-end car collecting market, where people
> pay $1K for an NOS Ford part for their Cobra you could get at
> a dealer for $10 in the 60's.
> 
> On 10/7/16 3:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> On 10/07/2016 03:12 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>> ouch!
>>>
>>> this is about 2x what I thought they would go for
>>>
>>> On 10/1/16 7:19 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/291894250804
>> 
>> 
>> That simply defies logic. I *really* don't get this collecting business.
>> 
>> --Chuck
>> 
>> 
>