Steven Lichter wrote:
Michael J. Mahon wrote:Steven Hirsch wrote:schmidtd wrote:On Jun 6, 2:05 am, "mr. brad" <mrb...@ll.net> wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160120886230&;...what am i missing on this auction to make this particular apple II go for somuch?Serial number 1298 - oldest-style keyboard, toggle switch power supply, integer ROMs (is that a programmer's aid chip in there, too?), zipper case - what's not to love?Actually, the PCB serial number is 1579. Mine's older (1478) :-). In my dotage I'll probably sell it to defer nursing home costs. Until then, you'll have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.And those are date codes, right--the 15th week of 1979 and the 14th week of 1978? When you consider the actual selling price for this system, I think that "fluke" is appropriate. Apple II's in good condition aren't *that* rare. But, given the right bidders in a collectors market, and you have the perfect storm. ;-) -michael NadaNet file server for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."I would say the condition as well as what came with it made the price that high, also someone really wanted it. I had several items up last year and one buyer told me after he won that he would have paid whatever it took and by what it finally sold for I agree. I still have a bunch of Apple II and gs stuff that in time I might put up.
If I were paying that kind of money on "condition", I think I'd want considerably more detailed photos or actual physical inspection. I think that auctions like this are the result of two people who get into the attitude that they'll pay "whatever it takes", and that leads to prices that are a few sigma away from the norm. This happens every once in a while on almost anything. Sellers love buyers with more money than time. ;-) This behavior is no predictor of what would happen to the same or a similar auction a week earlier or later. -michael NadaNet file server for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."