Man reading this makes me glad I held onto my collection for the past 14 years...
I have a bench in my shed that literally looks something like this ---->> :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: hehehe
Funny thing is, back when I got them, ya couldnt give em away... the only things that were worth any for collectible value were the 128k, the Lisa, the early Apple II's, and some of the various limited editions, freaks and flops... things like the Mac TV, the SE/30, the Color Classic, the Directors Edition 5xxx Powermacs, the 20A Mac etc... Hell, 512k's werent even considered valuable, they were just hard to get cos most had been thrown in the bin or locked in cupboards for 15 years and forgotten about... If ya stumbled across one tho, chances are the owner would practically throw it at you and send you on your way with a stack 3 ft high of software and peripherals.... Hell, I've had 3 512k's, still have 2 of them, and not one cost me a cent. All up there would be over 50 machines in my collection, and excluding the G4, G3, and a couple of others I paid top dollar for as daily hardware when they were near new, they would owe me at an estimate, $200-$250 over a space of the last 12 and a half years.
It's strange how times have changed....
I have a bench in my shed that literally looks something like this ---->> :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: hehehe
Funny thing is, back when I got them, ya couldnt give em away... the only things that were worth any for collectible value were the 128k, the Lisa, the early Apple II's, and some of the various limited editions, freaks and flops... things like the Mac TV, the SE/30, the Color Classic, the Directors Edition 5xxx Powermacs, the 20A Mac etc... Hell, 512k's werent even considered valuable, they were just hard to get cos most had been thrown in the bin or locked in cupboards for 15 years and forgotten about... If ya stumbled across one tho, chances are the owner would practically throw it at you and send you on your way with a stack 3 ft high of software and peripherals.... Hell, I've had 3 512k's, still have 2 of them, and not one cost me a cent. All up there would be over 50 machines in my collection, and excluding the G4, G3, and a couple of others I paid top dollar for as daily hardware when they were near new, they would owe me at an estimate, $200-$250 over a space of the last 12 and a half years.
It's strange how times have changed....