Vintageness

From: Vance Dereksen <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri May 11 13:08:52 2001

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Mike Ford wrote:

> I take generic cold tablets, loath generic root beer, and have a sealed
> original Apple item, that in used but good condition I have sold to members
> of this list for $12, on auction with a current bid of about $600 with 3
> days left.
>
> If its something you want to use, get one that works well, or even works
> the best, generic is fine.
>
> In matters of taste, go for the real thing, Barq's or A&W.

Hallelujah, brother! Go tell it on the mountain!

> Collectibility has its own rules, but sealed original mint etc. mean money.
> The only thing better is history, which is sort of the partner to
> uniqueness.

Condition all depends on the rarity of the item. The condition of an
ancient Phoenician wooden trade coin doesn't really matter. It's that
rare.

> The problem I think we are having is the intersection of collectible items
> that some of us wish to use, and where the cost of the replica is close to
> the cost of an original. A classic example of this that we can look back on
> instead of speculation on the future are the Gordon Gow editions of the
> classic Macintosh MC275 tube amplifier. At a time when the original MC275
> amps were selling in very good condition for about $1500, MacIntosh
> released the Gordon Gow remake at $5000, with the street price dropping to
> about $3200 after a year or so. The re-release killed the collectible value
> of the originals, as the average person was a USER not a COLLECTOR, and
> greatly prefered the new more reliable etc. unit.

The originals are still worth quite a bit in the collectors market. Their
value just dropped on the open market. And what about new collectible
stuff like the MC2000? And, BTW, its McIntosh, not MacIntosh. 8-) I'm
nitpicking though.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri May 11 2001 - 13:08:52 BST