Re: Apple Computers-collector's items?

[Sam Ismail <dastar@crl7.crl.com>]

On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Conrad J. Jacoby wrote:

> In article <4tup7p$83i@crl11.crl.com>, dastar@crl.com> says...
> >
> >
> >I wonder how much my Apple Lisa is worth?  Anyone willing to put forth 
> a guess
> >or estimate?
> 
> I think that the value of a Lisa varies depending on how interested 
> the other person is in it.  I've been looking for a Lisa/Mac XL for 
> a while, and the only places that have had them have always wanted
> absurd amounts of money for them--around the $300-350 range.  Lisas are 
> worth considerably less than that to me, so I haven't been interested 
> at those prices.
> 
> I've never tried calling "Weird Stuff," out in California, which seems 
> to have a considerable supply of old, archaic, and generally 
> interesting computer stuff.  Dunno what they would charge, or what 
> you'd expect to find at a Hamfest.

WeirdStuff had about 3 when I went there in 1993.  I forgot how much they 
wanted.  I don't think it was more than $100.  I was looking for a 
harddrive for mine as the one I have has crashed.

> 
> BTW, which landfill did the last 10,000 Lisas go into?  I remember 
> somewhere that they were all crushed and dumped in Colorado.  Denver, 
> maybe? :-(
> 

Ooof!  I hate to hear about technological murder.  Oh well, at least that 
will help drive the price up by creating a scarcity.

How about my Apple ///?  (the other mid 80s apple flop)