Date   : Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:01:43 +0100
From   : "Colin" <cwhill@...>
Subject: Re: crazy bids being placed on Beeb auction

I think you may have hit the nail on the head there. There is something very
important to collectors (and speculators for the "antiques" of the future)
about having thinks "mint" and with their packaging. There are plenty of
Star Wars toys and James Bond cars available for buttons at table sales etc
but untouched in their packing? That's a different matter. As you say, there
are plenty of used Beebs for sale (still working but used). To a collector,
the box sometimes outcosts the actual item.
Crazy world isn't it!
Colin Hill
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toysFrom: "John Kortink" <kortink@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] crazy bids being placed on Beeb auction


On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:45:02 +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:

>* John Kortink (kortink@...) wrote:
>>
>> I just don't think 'buying back their youth' is what is going
>> on here. Since the last couple of months, there are three or
>> four people that seem to scoop up almost /every/ piece of
>> interesting 8-bit hardware. And for unusually high prices,
>> because each one of them seems to be as tenacious as the
>> next one. Ebay at its best (from a seller's point of view).
>
>Is it possible that someone actually NEEDS a beeb for something?
>Some relic of a system still propping up some critical
>project somewhere?

Of course, but there won't be many, almost all of them could
probably make do with regular beebs, and regular beebs go for
something like 10 to 20 UKP on Ebay on a regular basis. It's
almost certain that the more special items fetch huge prices
only for their 'rarity' value. And completeness (original
box included, etc.).


John Kortink

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