Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: nex on February 20, 2012, 03:09:35 PM
Post by: nex on February 20, 2012, 03:09:35 PM
A very nice cube system just sold for almost $10k on eBay. Wow.
Now, I do have to admit that it is in great condition, includes the original boxes, has quite a few "extras", etc...but still...$10k?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320846677704
Many more images here (http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=849620&image=545806873&images=545755713,545755639,545755668,545806873,545119949,545756047,545755999,545755740,545119565,545755776,545755812,545822258,546136156,545755947,543721503,546068449,545755597,545755854,545755894,546136128,546658857,546685294,546685318).
Now, I do have to admit that it is in great condition, includes the original boxes, has quite a few "extras", etc...but still...$10k?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320846677704
Many more images here (http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=849620&image=545806873&images=545755713,545755639,545755668,545806873,545119949,545756047,545755999,545755740,545119565,545755776,545755812,545822258,546136156,545755947,543721503,546068449,545755597,545755854,545755894,546136128,546658857,546685294,546685318).
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: gtnicol on February 20, 2012, 07:16:38 PM
Post by: gtnicol on February 20, 2012, 07:16:38 PM
Wowza. I have one that's very similar... original packaging, almost mint condition, but the N4000 feet are gone. About the same stack of manuals, CDROM, color and mono printer (all the original packaging), and a working MO too.
Shame I'm not selling that one (yet, anyway)!
Shame I'm not selling that one (yet, anyway)!
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: pentium on February 20, 2012, 08:45:25 PM
Post by: pentium on February 20, 2012, 08:45:25 PM
QuoteDue to my very limited experience with the NeXT hardware or NeXTSTEP O/S, I'm a little short on techspeak. I have powered up the NeXTcube, MegaPixel Display, Keyboard and Mouse a couple dozen times. These items seem functional and in working order.So in other words, you pulled the thing out of your office's warehouse and flipped it. Nice.
QuoteThe NeXtcube, Display with Mouse & Keyboard and Printer will be shipped in the original NeXT shipping boxes....and then you go right out there and ruin the boxes.
I'm getting fed up with these prices now. They are stupid because the buyers are stupid.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: gtnicol on February 20, 2012, 08:57:39 PM
Post by: gtnicol on February 20, 2012, 08:57:39 PM
FWIW. I would probably double-box anything like that, or at least offer too.
As for prices... again, these machines are worth exactly what people will pay for them.
As for prices... again, these machines are worth exactly what people will pay for them.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: pentium on February 21, 2012, 02:32:12 AM
Post by: pentium on February 21, 2012, 02:32:12 AM
Then someone has WAY too much money than they do brains.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: gtnicol on February 21, 2012, 05:37:23 AM
Post by: gtnicol on February 21, 2012, 05:37:23 AM
I dunno... how would you justify a lower price? An original mint cube is a pretty rare beast. What makes it worth less than as an Apple I?
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: RimmerDK on February 21, 2012, 07:02:12 AM
Post by: RimmerDK on February 21, 2012, 07:02:12 AM
But then again, is an Apple I worth 25-50KUS$, or 200KUS$+ ??
Every once in a while, two "enthusiastic" collectors will push up the price for an item, well beyond the average selling price. This without setting a future bar.
I had an Apple I some years ago. Sold it for 25K€ to an Italian gentleman (I needed the cash). I can honestly say, the selling price from Christies last fall did not make me regret. That particular Apple I (the "Christies" one) was bought for 50KUS$ in early 2010, and he flipped it a year later, quadrupling his money. I doubt that feat could be repeated. Apple I's still go for the 25-50KUS$ mark.
Just my 0.02$
Every once in a while, two "enthusiastic" collectors will push up the price for an item, well beyond the average selling price. This without setting a future bar.
I had an Apple I some years ago. Sold it for 25K€ to an Italian gentleman (I needed the cash). I can honestly say, the selling price from Christies last fall did not make me regret. That particular Apple I (the "Christies" one) was bought for 50KUS$ in early 2010, and he flipped it a year later, quadrupling his money. I doubt that feat could be repeated. Apple I's still go for the 25-50KUS$ mark.
Just my 0.02$
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: gtnicol on February 21, 2012, 07:10:44 AM
Post by: gtnicol on February 21, 2012, 07:10:44 AM
Exactly the point I was making... the market for these vintage machines is so small that usual supply/demand models for prices don't apply. In reality, a fair price is exactly what someone is willing to pay.
This particular cube looks to be in extremely nice condition, so it'd be a great addition to a museum of computing, or perhaps a museum of design. I'm sure a lot of the cubes I have sold recently will end up as decorations...
This particular cube looks to be in extremely nice condition, so it'd be a great addition to a museum of computing, or perhaps a museum of design. I'm sure a lot of the cubes I have sold recently will end up as decorations...
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: pentium on February 21, 2012, 01:30:09 PM
Post by: pentium on February 21, 2012, 01:30:09 PM
It's more that one year ago NeXT gear was essentially useless and had no value (I'll continue to drag up that mint and boxed NeXT Station with printer, documentation and the works that I literally had to lose money on to sell for $250). Hell, even before that I was trading an absolutely useless SE for a cube.
But because one egomaniac died, everything is now worth its weight in gold.
This is a bit more than people flipping hardware to people who need it or museums or because the hardware is uncommon. These are just stupid people buying old hardware to be closer to that nut they called a god, even if they don't really know what they have.
But because one egomaniac died, everything is now worth its weight in gold.
This is a bit more than people flipping hardware to people who need it or museums or because the hardware is uncommon. These are just stupid people buying old hardware to be closer to that nut they called a god, even if they don't really know what they have.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: NeXTsociety on February 21, 2012, 01:43:09 PM
Post by: NeXTsociety on February 21, 2012, 01:43:09 PM
Almost $10K, wow.
I guess if one of my cars poops out, I know where I can get some $ as a nice downpayment on a new one.
Thing is, I like my NeXTcube and have no reason to sell it. I still spent a good amount on mine as it was a NeXTdimension system and then I added a 2nd NeXTdimension card in it so mine was not cheap.
I did sell my NeXT boxed NeXTstation Turbo Color for peanuts before Steve Jobs passed. I think I sold it for $250 or some low ass #.
Would I sell my current setup for $10K, probably if I needed the $. But if money was OK, I see no reason to do so.
I sold one of my 2 pristine Cubes a year or so ago and figured I need to at least keep one forever, or as long as possible.
Now if someone offered me $15K for my NeXT collection and NeXT dual NeXTdimension system with 2 NeXT 21" displays and 17" NeXT Mono (triple headed beast) all with original boxes, I would have to take it. :D
tj
I guess if one of my cars poops out, I know where I can get some $ as a nice downpayment on a new one.
Thing is, I like my NeXTcube and have no reason to sell it. I still spent a good amount on mine as it was a NeXTdimension system and then I added a 2nd NeXTdimension card in it so mine was not cheap.
I did sell my NeXT boxed NeXTstation Turbo Color for peanuts before Steve Jobs passed. I think I sold it for $250 or some low ass #.
Would I sell my current setup for $10K, probably if I needed the $. But if money was OK, I see no reason to do so.
I sold one of my 2 pristine Cubes a year or so ago and figured I need to at least keep one forever, or as long as possible.
Now if someone offered me $15K for my NeXT collection and NeXT dual NeXTdimension system with 2 NeXT 21" displays and 17" NeXT Mono (triple headed beast) all with original boxes, I would have to take it. :D
tj
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: bkmoore on February 21, 2012, 02:58:07 PM
Post by: bkmoore on February 21, 2012, 02:58:07 PM
In a couple of years, the hype will probably die down and I'll try to get a Dimension Cube at a more reasonable price. $10k and not even a Dimension board? Sheesh....
I was tempted to buy the one in Berlin or the one in Austria. But I have accepted a permanent position in Lower Saxony and am in the process of buying a house. I can't spare any money at this point. Priorities...
I was tempted to buy the one in Berlin or the one in Austria. But I have accepted a permanent position in Lower Saxony and am in the process of buying a house. I can't spare any money at this point. Priorities...
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: gtnicol on February 21, 2012, 03:31:14 PM
Post by: gtnicol on February 21, 2012, 03:31:14 PM
The funny thing is that a Turbo Dimension currently sells for just a little more than a clean mono cube. I know which I would prefer... but I guess clean, original machines are in demand right now.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: eagle on February 21, 2012, 10:40:48 PM
Post by: eagle on February 21, 2012, 10:40:48 PM
Wow, my NeXT Computer (AKA NeXTcube) is a prototype - and I have never seen another one of those, ever. I wonder what mine would fetch... maybe I should find out.
Title: Re-listed
Post by: bight on March 05, 2012, 02:48:21 PM
Post by: bight on March 05, 2012, 02:48:21 PM
Back up due to a "bidding error".
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: mikeboss on March 06, 2012, 01:48:29 AM
Post by: mikeboss on March 06, 2012, 01:48:29 AM
I knew it :!: price was off-scale which let me believe that either the 10k were a scam ("friend" bidding) or some error...
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: tomaz on March 06, 2012, 07:07:10 AM
Post by: tomaz on March 06, 2012, 07:07:10 AM
Speaking of scams ... if anyone suspects and/or has evidence that over the past couple of years they have been defrauded by an e-bay seller of NeXT equipment based in the United Kingdom (also selling other vintage computers as well as paraphernalia related to the Prinz Eugen warship), I would welcome you getting in touch with your evidence, as there is mounting evidence that a person matching this description has defrauded a number of members of this forum both of substantial sums of money (in exchange for which no equipment was delivered) as well as of equipment (which was never paid for).
Title: Why would anyone care
Post by: jspahn on March 14, 2012, 08:19:17 PM
Post by: jspahn on March 14, 2012, 08:19:17 PM
Why would people on this board care about how much NeXT systems are going for? Things are worth what people are willing to pay for them and nobody here can determine what something may be worth to someone else, can they? Who knows, maybe the CEO of Apple bought it. Think he can afford it? The amazing thing is that others can pretend to set boundaries on what someone "should pay" for something. People pay whatever they WANT to pay.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: mikeboss on March 16, 2012, 02:27:09 AM
Post by: mikeboss on March 16, 2012, 02:27:09 AM
so the second time on e*ay and the highest bid was USD 2601.00 which seems rasonable to me. reserve was NOT met... :roll:
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: iAlberta on March 21, 2012, 04:46:20 PM
Post by: iAlberta on March 21, 2012, 04:46:20 PM
The NeXT Cube truly is a visual masterpiece..
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: nex on March 21, 2012, 05:23:49 PM
Post by: nex on March 21, 2012, 05:23:49 PM
Nice greenhouse.
Title: US $9,529.55
Post by: NeXTsociety on March 21, 2012, 07:00:22 PM
Post by: NeXTsociety on March 21, 2012, 07:00:22 PM
Quote from: "iAlberta"The NeXT Cube truly is a visual masterpiece..
Only thing that scares me is the mini on top of the G4 Cube. Poor little guy must bake.
I still pimp my G4 Cube and NeXTcube and must admit, they are the coolest systems in the world.
I still hold out Apple will make a new modern Cube again, a Steve Jobs special, all before the stop making desktop systems and go iPad only.
Hopefully they make a new Mac Pro one day and make it a super dooper CUBE!
tj