Chicago Auction (Apple Products)

[efr@pro-applebcs.cts.com (Ernest Roshier)]

For those that may be interested , attached is a message I took of the Mac
Net on prices Apple was getting at the auction they had in Chicago. There
will be one here in Boston in December, located in Framingham, Ma. If you
have any questions get back to me. Prices were:

 
 
Went to auction in Chicago yesterday. Overall the prices seemed high. A
word
about the bidding and then some examples. About 20 configurations of
machines
and printers went in lots of 10 to 250, six or seven separate times. Thus,
first lot of 10 PB 145s sold, then lots of others, then another set of
PB 145s and so on, for six hours. On each lot, people bid for right to buy
up to all fifty, say, Laserwriter IIfs. Winner could take only one, and
almost
always did (the "individual"), anyone else could then buy one or more at
that price. The rest, say 49, were then bid as one lot (i.e., you bid on
all 49 and must take all 49). Needless to say, only "dealers" got involved
in this part. (Sometimes the rest went in lots of five or ten--same idea).
Thus I will report only the "individual" bids, that is, those that people
got one machine on. Sorry for the ramble but it's hard to understand
withoug
some background.
 
Prices following are for first round and last round (I missed a few in the
middle)
                                                        First    Last
 
Apple IIGS with color monitor, 3.5 drive and KB          $525     $325
 
Quaddra 950, 8/400 w/16" color and extended             $4500    $4000
 
Quaddra 700 4/0 w 16" color and extended (NO HD!!)       2500     2550
      (went for 2350 in one round)
 
Powerbook 170 4/40                                       1500     1250
     (went for 1200 in one round)
 
Powerbook 165 4/120                                      2000     1300
 
Powerbook 160 4/120                                      1700     1400
      (went for 1125 in one round, I think)
 
Powerbook 160 4/80                                       1300     1250
      (went for 1175 in one round)
 
Powerbook 145 4/80                                       1100     1000
 
Powerbook Duo 210 4/80 with floppy drive                 1000      975
 
IIsi 3/40 with 12" color and std keyboard                1050      700
 (might have gone lower in last batch)
 
Laserwriter IIf                                          1100      925
 
Laserwriter IIg                                          1150     1225!!
 
Personal Laserwriter LS                                   550      415
 
CD 150 ROM                                                230!!    120
 
Color printer                                             800      375
 
16" RGD monitor                                           775      700
 
Select310 laserwriter                                     600      490
 
These should give a flavor of the prices. Some never really moved, others
got much lower near the end. I left with one round to go so there may have
been changes later but mostly dealers were in charge by then.
 
Hope these may be helpful for those going to Boston or DC. Only real
comment
I have is that some of these prices were higher than you could get in the
shops. Unbelieveable.
 
 
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