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People are biased because of their interests.

Most people don’t understand that Electronics are collectibles.

If it’s a comic book, a baseball card,  or some antique everybody understands, so it seems.

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> On Jun 5, 2022, at 3:50 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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>  A better question might be "why do some people freak out when things are shown to have value".
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>  I just had this conversation yesterday on another mailing list about the Cyclops camera (just the camera head, no boards) that sold for about $2500.  "The market has spoken".
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>  In this case, I would posit the main reasons for the high price are historical importance (in multiple contexts) and rarity.
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>  People don't bat an eye when someone drops serious coin on an old car or an old piece of jewelry.  Why should technology be any different?  It has arguably made a far deeper impact on society than either cars or jewelry.  Can you offer any good reasons why its history should be any less sought-after or valued?
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>              -Dave
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> On 6/5/22 15:31, Bob Aviles via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >> Why!!!
> >  On Sunday, June 5, 2022, 02:27:58 PM EDT, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> >  https://www.ebay.com/itm/265718367024
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA