Re: Collector's Apple II for sale!!!

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "JM" == Jeff McMellon <MUF@neteze.com> writes:

 JM> I have an early model Apple IIGS that I'm interested in selling!
 JM> It has some value to vintage computer collector's!!  This
 JM> particular machine was signed by Steve Wozniac!!  There are only
 JM> a very few out there with his name on it!  It has been valued to
 JM> a true collector, to be worth $10,000!!  If anyone is interested,
 JM> you can reach me at (707)995-3519, or E-mail me at:
 JM> muf@neteze.com for more information.  Thank you for your
 JM> support!!

I have to call his bluff...

This is most likely a Woz limited edition Apple IIgs (about 1000 or so
cases were produced).  This is usually a ROM00 motherboard and it is
worth US$50.

Even if it where signed in pen (not silked screened) by the Woz
himself.  I am almost certain I could drive to his house in Los Gatos,
unannounced, knock on his garage door, and ask him to sign my IIgs.
It still would not be worth anywhere near US$10,000 (nor CDN$10,000
for that matter).

The only two Apple computer that comes near US$10,000 is the Apple I
which only 177 were sold.  If you can find S/N000001, come talk (it
was lost in the mail).

The other model is the 20th Anniversary Mac, but it can probably only
pull US$8,000-US$9,000.

So please, don't try to pass this off as being rare.  I just hope you
weren't suckered into paying anything over US$50.

While I am on a rant, I wish people would also stop trying to sell
Apple ///'s and calling them rare.  They can be found at WierdStuff in
Sunnyvale for US$26.

cfs
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