Author: Michael Watters
Date: 15:09:40 02/03/05
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>i think you miss my point > >one of the worlds top collectors bid less then $400 >he did so because he knows its not worth very much more > >yes perhaps 200-300 more but not more then 4 times that bid > >if a World class collector is bidding $400 and someone who is not even a >collector wins it with a bid of $1700 that tell me something >Steve I understood your point. Karsten does not make the market, he is part of the market. He comes from a position where he has an Eyeball. No doubt he puts a low value on getting another. Merely medium grade trading fodder for him. His storage space is overflowing as it is. If he were to put in a bid with the intention of influencing the market he is wasting his time. Others come from a position where they haven't got one and it is right at the top of their wish list. It only takes two people to have the machine at the top of their wish list to make an auction go. Why is it at the top of their wish list? Well it is attainable unlike very rare machines, it's a robot, it's unusual, its entertaining, reasonably strong, a talking point. So the value an average collector might put on an Eyeball could be higher than much rarer machines. So a high price at the auction was only to be expected. Because for some collectors an Eyeball is worth as much as a Tasc R30. Mike
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