Whats wrong with chip collecting? (SOL-20)

From: Erik S. Klein <classiccmp_at_vintage-computer.com>
Date: Tue Nov 19 10:13:00 2002

I was certainly considering buying this setup with the intent of
reselling it after scrounging the Computer Notes stuff but there's no
way I'd do that at $4k+.

Still, if you do the math it might work out for either the chip or
computer collector. On eBay Altairs run at $2,500-$3,500 with docs, the
chip might fetch $1,000 to a collector (remember the MITS CPU board that
sold for nearly $800 on the value of the chip alone?). . . so the
current bid of $4,000 is right on for eBay prices, as crazy as that
sounds.

Erik S. Klein
www.vintage-computer.com


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From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Sellam Ismail
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:57 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Whats wrong with chip collecting? (SOL-20)

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Erik S. Klein wrote:

> I was considering bidding on this until the price reached the
> stratosphere. I'd be willing to bet that the buyer can find a chip
> collector to take that C8080 off his hands for at least $1,500. On
the
> other side of lunacy I'd be willing to pay the winner something
> substantially less then that for the Computer Notes that are part of
the
> auction.

It would be funny to think a computer collector is bidding on this with
the intent of selling the CPU to a chip collector to recoup maybe half
the
cost, or a chip collector is bidding it up for the 8080 and is planning
to
sell the Altair to recoup the cost.

At any rate, like eBay stock, it's over-valued.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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