Re: FA: Rare stash of classic Apple Computer collectibles

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <19991114140516.04146.00001093@ng-xb1.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> Superdrive controllers are rare enough that they go
> for $120 on the average.  They are equally sought
> out by collectors and users alike.  Have one of
> these cards and a superdrive on a IIe and the price
> automatically jumps beyond $99.
> 
> Other possibilities:  Apple High Speed SCSI card.
> Often goes for $60 to $70 (about half the original
> value of the card).
> 
> ZipChip IIe/IIc 8Mhz, a pretty rare accelerator that
> averages what, $80 (up to $100 or so)?
> 
> The IIe units are not worth $99, but what is in them,
> the rare (to collectors) and flashy (to power user)
> items are.
Yes, but remember, we are talking the price it would have had in the past,
not a theoretical price when it is taken to account of today's
"collectors". Anyway, the reserve is the reserve, so despite whatever the
'value' is, if this unknown value is not met, the auction has no winners
and will be able to be redone until it does.

In article <382F2BD4.B49EEA2D@intergate.bc.ca>, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

> One interpretation might be the original cost of a fully loaded IIe
> as it came from Apple on the day it came out which would be high
> enough. However if you add 3rd party stuff from 1983 like hard drives
> and memory , you could easily  end up with a 5 digit number. Personally
> I doubt anyone will come close to meeting the reserve
Exactly. I mean, we're talking the days when RAM was priced per K and a
huge hard drive was 10mb.

I think it all depends on how badly someone wants all the stuff...however,
even if someone makes a bid of, say $699, it will stay at $99 unless other
people join in and begin making equal bids. And the bidder will not win
unless they wish to settle it afterwards, off eBay.