Alternative approach....have an open house and invite friends of the hobby to take an item after explaining why they want it, spread it around a little, then after all that is done, let someone with no strings attached take the rest, maybe pay you a token amount. This way you're putting the items that mean someone to you personally in the hands of persons you know specialize in x/y/z. Anyone who is tasked with taking everything will be able to hold it forever any more than you, so they'll have to sell/give away again anyway. Bill
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
