Hi Christian, Thanks for your opinion, which is the way I was leaning (to repair) but I actually accepted an offer from a list member yesterday to buy it as-Is which I accepted. I should have updated this post last night but I did not get to it. Regards, Jeff
In my humble and uneducated opinion.
I think you would make more money repairing it then leaving it as is. Most people I know who buy ceramic 6502s are buying them for early machines who have newer CPUs. I don't find too many people buying early 6502s just as a collectable on their own.
Thats not to say that there are no CPU collectors. I have a small collection. I'm not that active in the CPU scene.
I'm just saying that based on people I have talked to, most are looking for them for an Apple 1, KIM or other build restoration.