that's a good point a premier auction house will get more than Ebay. A "local" auction house with less panache may not. But Someplace like Christie's is only going to accept the A list items. Bill
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 10:45 AM brad via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > Question going back to the estate planning subject...do auction houses > > tend to receive higher bids than ebay for vintage computer gear? Are > they > > any better in terms of finding the right buyers?One day I might want to > > sell my Mark-8 and TVT, not immediately though. But more and more am > > thinking of getting out before I'm gotten out.BradSent from my Galaxy > > > > In my experience, yes. > > If you watch RR Auctions, particularly when they auction off an Apple 1 or > some other Steve Jobs related thing, they've begun to list various > computers and computer related items, and of the stuff that sells, some of > it fetches greater than eBay values. > > When I did consulting for Christie's back in the 2013 timeframe when they > auctioned off the Apple-1 in conjunction with Andy Warhol stuff, Christie's > asked if I had any Apple computers I would be interested in including in > the auction, so I said sure, and offered up about half a dozen real prizes > from my collection, including Apple ][ prototypes, and then also threw in a > first revision Apple //e, as they aren't nearly as common as the later > revision //e's, but whatever. I specified semi-ridiculous reserve prices > for everything, including the //e, which at the time would go for maybe > $200. It ended up selling for the ridiculous price of $1,000. > > Many years ago, there was an auction of the collection of a guy (I forget > his name) who spent years collecting computer related books, proceedings, > manuscripts, etc. Some of it was mundane but a lot of it was pretty rare > and unique, and it all fetched a pretty tidy sum. > > Auction houses attract a different type of buyer, definitely not your > typical computer collector. > > Sellam >
