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    From hubops@ccanoemail.ca@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 4 14:15:55 2021
    Just a curiosity - why would anyone part with $ 130.
    or more for this ?

    https://greatwestteam.hibid.com/lot/94566846/vintage-commodore-64-computer-and-disk-drive---1541-/?cpage=5&ipp=100&q=&ref=catalog

    John T.

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  • From KenW@21:1/5 to hubops@ccanoemail.ca on Sun Jul 4 13:34:09 2021
    On Sun, 04 Jul 2021 14:15:55 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote:


    Just a curiosity - why would anyone part with $ 130.
    or more for this ?

    https://greatwestteam.hibid.com/lot/94566846/vintage-commodore-64-computer-and-disk-drive---1541-/?cpage=5&ipp=100&q=&ref=catalog

    John T.
    It probably is worth more.


    KenW

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  • From hubops@ccanoemail.ca@21:1/5 to ken1943@invalid.net on Sun Jul 4 16:44:15 2021
    On Sun, 04 Jul 2021 13:34:09 -0600, KenW
    <ken1943@invalid.net> wrote:

    On Sun, 04 Jul 2021 14:15:55 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote:


    Just a curiosity - why would anyone part with $ 130.
    or more for this ?
    https://greatwestteam.hibid.com/lot/94566846/vintage-commodore-64-computer-and-disk-drive---1541-/?cpage=5&ipp=100&q=&ref=catalog

    John T.


    It probably is worth more.
    KenW


    What makes it worth anything ?
    Sometimes "collectors" will want to own an example
    of everything - but want the accessories and literature
    and packaging .. to make it a worthy collectable -
    ... this one looks like a grubby old piece of junk.
    John T.

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  • From VanguardLH@21:1/5 to hubops@ccanoemail.ca on Sun Jul 4 20:06:39 2021
    <hubops@ccanoemail.ca> wrote:

    Just a curiosity - why would anyone part with $ 130.
    or more for this ?

    https://greatwestteam.hibid.com/lot/94566846/vintage-commodore-64-computer-and-disk-drive---1541-/?cpage=5&ipp=100&q=&ref=catalog

    They're called "collectors". They'll have old Osborne "portables",
    Amigas, Radio Shack/Tandy TRS-80, HP calculators with magnetic cards,
    IBM PC-XT, Altair with the paddle switches, Princess phone, older dialer phones, and so on. They collect. They prefer functional, but will
    still collect non-functional memorabilia.

    I once sold a chess set hand-made by Inuits expecting $75 but got over
    $900, because 2 collectors (known to each other) kept outbidding each
    other. I intervened when the price went over $400 to make sure the
    bidders knew they were going high, but they knew the value (that they
    put on the item), and I had details for the chess set to prove it was authentic.

    Just because it is trash to you does not mandate value to others. To
    you, it's junk. To collectors, it's gold. Why does anyone value the
    Mona Lisa at $800 million USD (assessed $100 million in 1962, but $800
    million due to inflation) when someone could paint a new one today for a hundred bucks?

    Items always sell for higher at auctions. The auctioneer gets a cut.

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  • From s|b@21:1/5 to hubops@ccanoemail.ca on Wed Jul 7 19:07:10 2021
    On Sun, 04 Jul 2021 16:44:15 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote:

    What makes it worth anything ?
    Sometimes "collectors" will want to own an example
    of everything - but want the accessories and literature
    and packaging .. to make it a worthy collectable -
    ... this one looks like a grubby old piece of junk.

    It does, but it probably has some working parts.

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    s|b

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