Steven Hirsch wrote:
Bill Garber wrote:"Steven Hirsch" <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote in message h7adnZik-9YAnDfWnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@giganews.com">news:h7adnZik-9YAnDfWnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@giganews.com...Michael J. Mahon wrote:Another person with too much extra money bought the Apple I for $42,766. Amazing! The economy must be doing good somewhere. :)It's a good investment--a prime specimen bought below typical market price. Many fortunes were made following the Great Depression, since valuable assets were sold for pennies on the dollar.In general, I'd concur with that statement. However, I really think that amount is just over the top for a piece of equipment with little meaning to anyone outside the microcomputing world. Certainly I wouldn't put an Apple I in the same category as, e.g. a piece of fine art or a painting. Or even, for the musicians among us, a 1958 Cherry Sunburst Gibson Les Paul guitar. FYI: these have sold for in excess of $500,000.SteveYou mention that the Apple I has its own niche market. But then, your other examples, fine art and vintage guitars, also have their own niche markets. So where is the difference in your statement?Probably none... Just venting. It really torques me to see eBay pushing prices into the stratosphere. And, no, I do not sell computer gear on eBay :-). Anything I've parted with has been privately arranged.
Well, to be accurate, it's not eBay pushing prices--it's the larger market exposure that eBay provides to buyers and sellers. It's harder to find bargains in a more efficient market. ;-) -michael NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."