Hmmm, been there, done that, I have a pair of cents to add to this question. Some people are accumulators, they want everything. Some people wants a "meaning", or an "objective" to his/her collection. That was my case.
I got lots of computers from a good friend. He had a huge collection and gave me most of it. Most of them were very desirable computers, and some uber rare. But my space is limited, and I have an "objective" on my collection. So I sold some of the computers he gave me, and bought other computers and peripherals I wanted in my collection. Now I have mostly all Sinclair computers (had none before), A complete Apple IIe (had none before), a MSX FS-A1ST (Turbo-R, had no import MSX before) and other computers most alligned to which I wanted to have (man, how i DO LOVE the Atari 800...). So, I did it - got an entire collection and sold some of it - But I don't consider me a professional seller profitting on the lifetime efforts of my friend. Even because the net value of what I've sold is less than what I spent buying. Then, I didn't profit with that. If I were Steve, I'd expect that some of the stuff will be sold, and the lucky guy will stay with what he/she loves and cares most. I see no harm in this kind of action 2017-10-13 7:06 GMT-03:00 Peter Cetinski via cctalk <[email protected]>: > > > On Oct 13, 2017, at 2:25 AM, Digital Aeon via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > So ive picked out 4 or 5 systems that mean alot to me. And i want to > > pass the rest of the collection onto someone starting out in the hobby > that > > wouldnt otherwise have the funds to get some of the stuff I have. > > > > Steve > > A noble approach. But, watch out for the professional eBay seller posing > as a collector who will make a nice profit off of your lifetime efforts.
