Re: $1225 for an Apple IIGS???

[Simon Williams <DON'Temail@luddite.ca>]

On 4 Dec 2002 17:41:17 -0800 lemonherb1@netscape.net (Herbert Fung) wrote:

> 
> Unbelieveable what some people would pay for an Apple IIGS today.
> 
> Doesn't really look like anything particularily special about this
> one. It looks like a ROM 3 motherboard with socketed onboard RAM with
> some EPROMs in the ROM sockets.
> 
> The seller stated that the serial number was 20, and in the photo the
> label looks off center. Could someone have faked the sticker for the
> serial number and doctored a ROM 3 motherboard, or do these bidders
> have too much money for their own good?

Anyone with Photoshop and a decent printer could fake the label, it's
not like there are any hi-tech security features to contend with,
however, would a forger go to all that trouble and then put the label on
crooked and leave one corner unstuck??? Well, maybe a very clever
forger -- who knows. But the guy has excellent feedback ratings.
The part that baffles me is that the TV converter is unwrapped and not
necessarily original, which implies that someone opened the box to take
out the original switch & modulator only -- though that's by no means
indicative of foul play.... maybe they needed it for their Pong game.

Regardless of how *authentic* this unit may be, you gotta wonder why any
GS would be worth that much... it's not even a rare WOZ model ;-)
And I'm sure I've seen better museum pieces go for much less.

SW

PS. I still have an Apple IIe platinum that I'll sell for $750 if anyone
is interested. It's in a box too.