I'm not too surprised at this auction.
How many people here have seen an unopened shrink-wrapped A1000 in real life in the last 5 years?
There are collectors who have money and only want mint stuff, and they will pay a massive premium for it... it's the same in any collectors field, be it records, coins, stamps, squirrels, whatever.
The sad thing is that this A1000 will likely never be used!
