The moneyed collector world is a lot different than us people who collect and like to fix and see things run again. The reason that item sold for that high a price is because the buyer “could afford to pay that price”. In other words “because i can”.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 23, 2024, at 05:33, Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 8:07 AM Christian Liendo via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM Wayne S via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> I think this sale might propel computer collecting into a parallel >> market now occupied by car collectors. >>> In car collecting, not all cars are classic collectibles, but are worth >> more than scrap value because of condition, hobbyist wanting to fix up or >> maybe sentimentality. Think a Volkswagen bug for example. People buy those >> for various reasons. >>> The classic cars that command big money are traded among very well-To-do >> collectors. >>> I think Christies may be trying to duplicate the collectable car market >> with collectable computers. >>> >> >> I think we getting to that point and to show this I have the link for >> RR Auctions collection that closed yesterday and look at the sales >> numbers. >> >> >> https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/auction-details/698?page=2&itemQty=96&view=gallery&sort=time&cat=0 >> >> I'm intrigued by the magazines being graded now. I think I'm one of >> the few who enjoy the magazines and so seeing them graded and sold is >> odd to me. >> >> I have been talking to people out ticket the vintage computer >> community who happen to like old technology and with money to spend. >> >> They have taken an interest in the hobby and are dropping good money >> on things they want. >> >> What I don't think we have yet is many of the speculators that the >> classic car hobby has. >> > > $3400 for the premier issue of Mac World? Who would pay that much for this? > Bill
