Apple I back up on ebay

[Jim Brain]

Eric Smith wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>   
>> We all know the sale price of this item.  One sale does not a trend
>> make.  Why can't someone provide either a useful answer or some useful
>> information?
>>     
>
> If only one has been sold in a public forum in recent times, what
> "useful information" could there possibly be?
>   
Information from less than public sales, information from initial sales 
of the unit, anything.

Stating the obvious (If he'll buy it for that, that's the value to him) 
is a non-answer, in my opinion, and a waste of good electrons.  I think 
it also lowers the signal/noise ratio.  Of course, so does this post, 
but I felt the OP deserves a real answer, or at least an acknowledgement 
from the group that we have no idea.  A later post notes:

"I believe I paid $299 for the "basic parts kit" when I got mine off 
ebay from obtronix.  A few afterwards went for about double that, and up 
to $1000 for a fully tested and assembled kit.  Very well done, any 
ideas what happened to "obtronix" and why no more? "

This is good information.

> Are you asking us to speculate on what the price would be if there were
> five units being sold this week instead of just one?
>   
I'm not the original poster, but I'm sure he's looking for more than an 
obvious answer.  He already knows the sale price.

If I were him, I'd want to know:

o Does this sound plausible, given your experience in other replica markets?
o Have you spoken with some collectors recently that quoted a price 
they'd be willing to pay for a replica of this type?
o Is there a general "rule-of-thumb" around replica pricing (If the real 
thing sells for X, the replica is worth X/100)?
o Are you aware of private sales recently around this area that had 
prices associated?


Jim