Re: Apple II - how much is it worth?

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <labelas-0209990151200001@1cust121.tnt1.fort-pierce.fl.da.uu.net>,
Labelas Enoreth <labelas@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> That's why I'm thinking of hopefully finding a new in the box
>> IIGS and keeping it for many years.  Eventually, such a
>> pristine IIGS will become museum quality!

My one owner Woz signature edition looks just like new still. That's because
I've never let the sun shine on it, never use it with dirty hands, and
keep it clean. Naturally I still have the original packing in like new
condition.

[snip]

>I know that even if I had not found a use for it and tired of hanging onto
>it, I could have at the very least found an eager and waiting collector to
>pass it on to. I had never thought the Apple II series was so collectible
>before I started frequenting here. Ah well. There's always that incident
>you look back on and feel stupid about. I just have more than others.

My theory on that is you can always get more money but some stuff is such that
you only get one chance at it. That's why I have laserdiscs coming out my ears
and Apple stuff filling up the basement. There is some truly rare stuff like
a //c LCD screen, Lisa and Mac XL, II and III plus, Mac 128, and my Apple ][
in its original box looking like new. Apple stuff is the only computer stuff
aside from really early stuff like Altairs and the very first IBM PC with
any collectible value. No one collects 386 boxes for instance.
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