IBM 5150 brings $910 on EBAY

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Oct 29 00:10:01 2002

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, John Galt wrote:

> > "The same thing has happened to so many other common computers before.
> > It is a perceived rarity because many people only collect on auction
> > sites and are myopic otherwise. Once the auctions get flooded with
> > the same item, then the "rarity" factor is reduced".
>
> Perhaps... On the other hand, there was a lady that dumped a stash of
> about 50 Intel C8008 processors on EBAY about a year ago. For several
> months the price being paid for C8008's on EBAY dropped from $150 to
> $19.95. Then she finally ran out of them and the price has since slowly
> climbed back up and a few weeks ago, an Intel C8008 in "like new"
> condition brought about $150. Speaking of chip collecting (which some
> here tend to frown on), the general trend of higher prices on EBAY
> continues. Perhaps it's just my imagination, but the prices being paid
> for Altair 8800's and IMSAI 8080's on EBAY also seem to have bottomed
> and are going back up again. I do know that a number of new web sites
> dedicated to chip collecting has popped up lately, including one with
> nice a forum for buying and trading vintage chips.

Gosh, I'm glad I went ahead and picked up the half dozen 8008s one of my
local parts dealers had. I certainly didn't pay that much for them. Good
thing he doesn't know what they bring on ebay ;) (actually, I doubt he
would care, those chips had been in his inventory for ~20+ years.)

> In fact, a number of auctions for rare vintage chips ended tonight where
> chips brought over $100.

I wonder now if I should go ahead and buy up all the other 808x stuff I
know about?

-Toth
Received on Tue Oct 29 2002 - 00:10:01 GMT