Re: ebay australia IIgs collection -> $69,000!

[oz390gta <oz390gta@gmail.com>]

On Nov 28, 1:19 pm, Moose <kinkapa...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 4:35 am, Brian <bpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For that price, there would have to be 150+ complete Woz Edition
> > machines, with ROM03 boards, each with an accelerator, SCSI card and
> > drive, stereo card and speakers, floppy drives, and plenty of games
> > CIB included.  If he has all that, tested, I'd say it's an okay
> > deal...
>
> Actually given that original Apple ][ disks sell for around $5-10+ (or
> many times that) on eBay, the "Over 4 000 plus disks" alone could be
> worth $20,000-$40,000 or more - providing they are originals and not
> bootlegs.
>
> The descriptions are very vague.  When you are spending $1,000's,
> vague statements like "A number of heavily & custom built Apple IIGS
> 'Wozniak' Edition computers " and "Over 4 000 plus disks on 5.25" &
> 3.50" software titles. (Too much too list)." just wont curt the
> mustard.  He needs to provide a full, itemised list of everything with
> the condition of each item.
>
> I have been watching Apple ][ stuff on eBay in Australia for 10+
> years, and it has suddenly gotten very expensive - ever since Jobs
> died, the prices have been increasing exponentially.
>
> Just yesterday, a non-working, bare bones Apple //c with no cables,
> disks, manuals, or anything else sold for $86 AUD.  The same unit
> would have sold for $10 six months ago.  I was interested in it for
> spare parts for my non-working Apple //c, but given it was also non-
> working, I wasn't interested to the tune of  $86.
>
> Old Apple ][ games and disks are also going for crazy prices, even
> disks of bootleg games.
>
> It's suddenly become very hard to find a bargain ....

I have met this guy personally (I live in Sydney) in the past as I
have bought a few things like IWII cut sheet feeder etc. He mentioned
he wanted to sell his collection when he dropped off the item a few
months ago. Based on our discussions he has a very impressive
collection, a few Vulans, TWGS, etc. He is very knowledgeable of the
Apple II itself but he is like any collector who loves their
collection, what they think it is worth and what it is really worth
don't match.

oz390gta