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

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

oz390gta <oz390gta@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Right. And he needs to realize that a *giant* lot of *anything* is worth a
small fraction of the sum of its separate parts. There just aren't that
many potential buyers for someone else's treasure trove. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon