Re: For Auction: Original Edition Akalabeth for Apple II

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Sure didn't! :)  (Realize that both images are from the same person, that
is).

Anyway, my point is the same: once the item is just a new disk and a disk
label, as Gertrude Stein said, "There's no there there."  Even if the label
is original, it is still a chimeric product, and doesn't have the
significance of the original or the history of a real original that,
although produced in such miniscule numbers still survived over 20 years.
IMHO.

Reminds me of the Carroll Shelby 427 Cobra S/C project which continued
production of "leftover" S/C models from 1966.  However, although these were
valuable, certainly there were no pretense that they were the Real Deal, but
new cars made with some old and mostly new parts.  Same here.

"Fortran" <fortrandragon@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>      Do you realize that both images are from the same person?  ;-)
>
>      I happen to know Jason and indirectly connected him with Richard
> Garriott and thus set up the chain of events leading to Jason getting
> that copy of Akalabeth.  Jason's particular copy was assembled by RG
> from the 200 or so sets he created when he was selling at Computerland
> 20+ years ago.  The disk may be new, but everything else is vintage
> Akalabeth and quite authentic.
>
>      So in this case I know it is genuine RG Akalabeth and isn't
> something whipped up on laser printer.
>
>
>
>      But to move from a specific case to a general one, yes, there can
> fakes out there, but since the group that chases these things *and* is
> willing to pay a premium price for them is small and talks with each
> other, the chance of a fake ripping something off is small.
>
>      Also, when you are dealing with these prices (which is too high
> in my opinion -- the only known RG copy auctioned off went for $250)
> people take a much closer look at what is being sold.  You are much
> more likely to be ripped off for a $10 item than a $1,000 simply
> because because of that fact (attention spent on an item).