Re: ANNOUNCE: Apple-1 up for Auction at Vintage Computer Festival

[news002@macgeek.org (Bryan Villados)]

Wow, I didn't know there was a $16k reserve on the unit. Thanks for
pointing that out. If someone offered me $12k for it, it would be hard
to say whether or not I'd sell it. I look it in the same light as my
comic books. I have one comic book currently valued at $2000, and it
keeps increasing every year in value. It's one of those items where I
can be thrown out on the streets, and I may still have the comic book
in my shopping cart along with the dozens of soda cans, cardboard and
plastic bags. :)

In regards to the value of the Apple-1... 100-percent of the value is
based on the historical significance of the unit. I don't think I have
to make an argument for the Apple-1, but I think you can technically
make an argument just about ANY device's place in history.

Using Bill's term "apple stuff", I don't think an Apple IIGS would be
any more valuable 20 years from now than what it is right now. Again,
that's my opinion... The IIGS didn't contribute anything special to
the industry on the same level as the Apple-1 or even the Apple II if
I were to push the argument. And eBay is pretty consistent on this in
that an Apple II+ has better resale value right now than an Apple
IIGS, even though we all know the IIGS is more of a modern computer
(I'm speaking on behalf of just the computer itself, with no add-ons
like accelerators, RAM upgrades, etc.)

So IMHO, saving these machines is not a good long-term investment
because I think the value of these machines have hit its peek, except
for a VERY select few like the Apple-1 or the Apple Lisa 1. You're
already seeing a drop in value on the Apple Macintosh Color Classic...
(I use the CC as my baseline when determining value trends on the
Macintosh 68K line) One year ago, it was selling for $200 each.
Nowadays, you're lucky to sell it for $60. The CC II (Japan-only
model) is still $200 or more. Super beefed up Apple computers still
sell well today, such as a IIGS with a Transwarp and SCSI, or a Color
Classic with a Power Mac G3 accelerator.

--- Bryan


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> > Just in case you didnt know, there was a 16,000$ reserve on the
> > auction so I doubt that the machine is going anywhere. (Of course you
> > never know.)
> 
> Darn, what's so special about an Apple I anyway.
> 
> JUST KIDDING!, no, put out those flame-throwers. LOL
> 
> I wish I could stumble onto one of those things, I could use
> the money right about now. ;-)
> 
> I've known people with things older than Apple I, but they didn't
> value those things nearly as much as this. Who'd have thought that
> something built in a garage and sold initially without anything, just
> a board, would be this valuable. "Not I", said the cow...........
> I think I'll hold onto what Apple stuff I've got for a while, maybe
> 20 years. Might be worth $2000-$3000 by then.