Re: Apple II - how much is it worth?

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <Eiuz3.796$9D2.66997@typ11.nn.bcandid.com>, shack@southwind.net
(Randy Shackelford) wrote:

> 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.
Heh, I'm like that...although I've had to throw away a lot of the packing
for my stuff as the years went by, and what are the odds of finding
something used with packing...? It's amazing though, with a little
tenacity and the right materials, you can make the dirtiest, skeeviest
computer look close to decent again. I got a IIgs not too long ago that
was filled, inside and out with this coating of brown gritty...crap.
Somewhere between dust, filth, smoke, and the sort of things that makes
you wonder if they decided to store the computer in the bottom of a sewer
for a few years. But after I took it all apart and soaked the casing in
hot soapy water 3 (!) times (and it turned nestle quik color each time)
and the scrubbed with a toothbrush and some mild soap, it looks
practically new. Not bad for getting it for free, and it had some neat
cards in it too.
> 
> 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.
True, true. I agreee totally, though I've come upon that decision _after_
I passed on that IIgs. But, I sometimes wonder when I'll stop, since I
have so much. Just today I started a new method of boxing stuff and giving
everything a unique serial number so I can link it all together in a
Filemaker database. And this is stuff that is filling my bedroom and some
of the garage, not a warehouse or anything. And you're right. I'd love to
find any of that that you have listed, and a few other things (well, I
already have a 128, but I'll be trading that away soon for a bunch of
stuff from this guy I know in france). But then, you know, the 386 and
it's like didn't do anything really interesting...which is why _I_ collect
this stuff. Everything I want has at least one cool trick of it's time
that has never been really redone the same way. And it's cool to mess with
it because of it's uniqueness for what it is. People want a 128 mac, but
is there anyone out there desperately seeking a Plus? nah. But it just
aggrivates me to see the collectors who see nothing but dollar signs
invade. I've been trying to find a lisa for so long...and I either run up
against the 'they're worth oodles of money' owner or someone who had one
but got rid of it some time ago, if only they'd known someone had wanted
it...:/. And I've had 4 incidences now where someone had a lisa, was
willing to give it to me or trade or whatever, and then have them suddenly
either stop communicating or suddenly be unable to locate it anymore.