Re: Apple II's as collector's items?

[dmanzer@wimsey.com (War Lib. Canada)]

In article <12MAR199612193769@vax2.concordia.ca>,
spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

> In article dmanzer@wimsey.com (War Lib. Canada) writes...
>
> >Do these items have any antique value? Are they likely to ever 
> >have? I wonder if they're worth the trouble of storing for the 
> >next 20 years. 
> 
>         At present, no. The only Apple computer with antique value
> would be the original 'Apple I' from 1976, there were only about
> 200 of them produced. Depending on it's condition and the collector,
> they're worth $10,000 to $25,000.
> 
>         There are a few very old machines that persons, like myself,
> personally value as collectables but they have little or no monetary
> value.

I wasn't thinking so much in terms of money. Perhaps I should have 
said "heritage value", ie the machines are a big part of computer
history that people might appreciate later on.

Regards, D.M.