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

[Brad H]

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From: Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> 
Date: 2016-10-07  8:46 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> 
Subject: Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!] 


On 2016-Oct-07, at 5:17 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:

>> On 10/7/2016 5:21 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> 
>> That simply defies logic. I *really* don't get this collecting business.
> 
> It's Apple-related. Some Apple devotees seem to have an, ah, excessive
> attachment to things Apple. (Q.v. $1M Apple I's.) I'm suprised that some of
> them didn't commit suttee when Steve died.

I agree this valuation is primarily "Apple"-driven rather than say "vintage-computer" driven,
but here's an interesting non-Apple sale, just completed:
	http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cromemco-Dazzler-JP-1-Joysticks-D-7A-S-100-Card-Docs-Games-for-MITS-Altair->IMSAI-/291888851989

And yet the untouched original Mark-8 boards I bought only went for $1500.  I don't get it.