On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:51:37 UTC, "John Moriarity"
wrote:

As for the value of a Viking II, go to www.aade.com. Neil
maintains a price list of boatanchors. Take Neil's price and
double it. That'd be my guess.

Really?? His prices are based on what
things sold for on eBay. I've never
considered eBay prices to be low, or
even typical.

Neil's prices are what they sold for last year or the year before
or the year before that. What you can't see are the trends.

eBay's prices are the real prices. That's what you can get at any
time.

Hamfest prices and "private sales" are not a reference. For
example, I saw an HP23 sell for $25 at a local hamfest. HP23's go
for much more than that on eBay and you don't have to drive for two
hours and stand in the sun to sell it.

Have you been getting twice eBay prices
for all the things you've been selling?
I may need to recalibrate - I may be rich ;-)

You are rich. Take a look at the Antique Roadshow some time. A lot
of weird, absolutely useless, junque at incredible prices.

And yes, I expect that if I ever sell my collection, I will get much
more than the current prices.

73, John - K6QQ

There're not that many boatanchors left in the world. The other
problem is that they are vanishing into private collections.

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