On 6/26/2024 9:47 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
Everyone have their collections appraised and see what their worth. Might be eye-opening.
You are right. Especially when the number comes in around $0.00. I have attempted to sell off parts of my collection at various times when situations forced it. So far I have made a grand total of $0.00 selling vintage computer equipment. I was once offered $100 for all of my DEC Modules. They wouldn't take things like tape drives, disk drives or racks which made up the bulk of the stuff I really needed to dispose of. And to add insult to injury included in that collection were two UNIBUS Ethernet Modules, brand new, still in the original packing which the person offering the $100 was currently selling for $1800 per. I suspect when I go (and I expect to go before my wife) all of my remaining stuff will go in the dumpster she will need to clean out the house so she can sell it. Value is seldom what people expect. My mother collected all that crap that people like the Bradbury Mint and many other places sold to unwitting spinsters and widows. She also collected "First Day Covers" from the USPS. Buying Block Sheets with the Engraving Numbers to match them. She probably spent over $80,000 on that junk in her lifetime. When she died an appraiser was brought in. The estate got $1000 for everything. bill
