> The other difficulty with price guides is that they don't reflect > regional (or national) variations in prices. One price does *not* fit > all.
Definitely true. Complete non-PC Infocom greys can still command a high price in Europe, as they never really made it over there until the Mastertronic reissues in the late 1980s. Americans tend to be PC-oriented, Germans love their Amigas and Atari STs, the Japanese are fanatics about Apple II. > If someone was going to keep a price guide I'd like to be able to see > the data behind it. Knowing how many data points make up that price > (and who the buyer was) is crucial. I personally wouldn't accept any > number as reliable until it was backed up by at least a 100 > sales/auctions over the course of a couple of years. For example, one > shrinkwrapped Apple II Starcross saucer driven up to $2,000 in an > auction isn't a number with any relevance to long term collectibility. Exactly. That was (to my knowledge) the first shrinked saucer ever listed, and it created quite a stir. The last one, IIRC, fetched around $600 - $800 which is a bit more reasonable, though still more than I'd go. It's hard to set a good price on items you rarely if ever see up for sale. (Wonder what the "going rate" for Mt. Drash would be.) > This is where it would be invaluable for eBay to make the results all > of its past auctions available. :sigh: Good luck there. I doubt they've even kept data going back that far. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
