Apple Computer Collecting

From: ghldbrd_at_ccp.com <(ghldbrd_at_ccp.com)>
Date: Fri Apr 2 17:02:18 2004

There were so many Apple II's made I don't think they'd be considered
classic, but more of a special interest, kinda like Commie 64's.

I know the Bell & Howell black Apple IIs get a premiuim price, for nothing
else than the color. I picked up a IIc+ not knowing it was the fastest
Apple II built, and that to me makes it sorta collectable. Now if I could
find the LCD display for it, I'd really have something.

Don't know much about the early Mac's but I do see lots of them for very
low prices on the used market, such as Goodwill, etc. Here again I'd say
it would be a special interest item more than anything rare.

Almost forgot, the early Lisas are commanding pretty good prices on e-pay,
but that is an exception. The later Lisas were upgraded to Mac O/S, and
they aren't as valuable.

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO


>
> What in the Apple line of computers, etc. is worth keeping, i.e.
> hardware, software, documentation, and books? Besides the Apple I, are
> there any other "holy grail" type of items?
>
> I have several Apple printers including the Imagewriter and Imagewriter
> II. Are these as common as dirt so I don't have to feel bad about
> getting rid of them, or are they worth putting up on the Vintage
> Computer Marketplace? I *think* the only Apple IIx I don't have is the
> orginal Apple II and the "Black" Apple II+, and I would still like to
> keep one each of the II line. The only Macs I am keeping are the
> original 128K Macs, and maybe one of the 512K machines.
>
Received on Fri Apr 02 2004 - 17:02:18 BST