Fred Fish's A1000 on eBay

[EdKing]

I just saw this on eBay, supposedly Fred Fish's original A1000. Price seems a little steep.

Ed King

[iamaboringperson]

How do we know it's real?

[Morley]

iamaboringperson wrote:
How do we know it's real?

Worn out floppy?  :lol:

[ent0mbed]

Are you proposing that there might be someone dishonest on eBay?  I can't imagine that happening!!!   :-P

[Argo]

What? That's sooo Bogus. It doesn't even come with any of the Fish Disks.

[EdKing]

iamaboringperson wrote:
How do we know it's real?

They say it has the original invoice, wonder if Fred's name is on it ?

Ed King

[miles]

EdKing wrote:

iamaboringperson wrote:
How do we know it's real?

They say it has the original invoice, wonder if Fred's name is on it ?

Ed King

"They" claim to be Fred :-)

[Cyberus]

We are Fred, you will be assimilated

[TheMagicM]

LOL @Cyberus


I'd pay about $30 for it.

[melott]

My guess is its probably real.........

He would probably sign it inside or out too if you want.

[FastRobPlus]

I think it's real too.  This really begs the question of just how collectable "famous" person's Amiga systems really are.  I think that nobody questions that Jay Miner's Amiga has collectable value.  But after a handful of famous persons, you have to really give this some thought.

Anybody who knows me on amiga.org will know that I am really only interested in collecting Amiga (and no other aspect of Amiga), so I'm going to speak as a collector when I say that I don't see a great deal of value in these one-off systems.  

Like someone mentioned above, this Amiga might be worth something to me if it came with some of the first Fish disks, and perhaps a picture of FF next ot this Amiga in a magazine interview, and maybe some other related memerobillia and a signed COA all as a set.  

I said the same thing about Laxity's Amiga 500.  I've little reason to doubt it was legit, but to be worth somehting to me, it would have had to come with supporting letters, magazine clippings, photos, "best of show at the gathering" certificates, etc.  that showed even non-Amiga collectors why this computer has a historical significance.

Hopefuly, we'll see some Amigas computers like this come along.  As I've said, it would be cool to get Trip Hawkins' A1000, along with a signed COA and maybe framed copies of the EA launch titles.  Or .info magazine's Amiga 2000, with all the publishing software still installed, and saves of various articles still in mid-edit, etc...

[miles]

FastRobPlus,

Yeah, documents, acticles, a signed case and some photos with the 1000 would make it more collectable (as would the mouse being included).  

Arther C Clarke's, Andy Wahol's, Blondie's and Rolf Harris' Amigas would be neat to own, maybe Rob's from Babylon5, the Jurrasic Park machines, Wallace & Gromet's A4000s or even some from NASA!  All would be nice to have :-) .  Just what value they would have would depend alot on supporting evidence that came with them and just how much one wanted a piece of Amiga history.  I would like one of the Babylon5 A2000s ;-) .

I wonder what my almost famous A3000 would be worth (famous in that it's owner, me, has a web site about the 3000 and hangs out at A.Org). ;-)

[T3000]

Don't forget Dick VanDyke.  He was big on Amiga/Toaster systems. I have an A1200 box that reads underneath a partially peeled shipping lable "VanDyke Studios".

[Cyberus]

Didn't someone on another thread ask DoomMaster to sign their A2000?

:lol:

Collectable items are only worth what the buyer is willing to pay, regardless of what the item actually is.  

Fred Fish did play a HUGE part in establishing the critically important freeware and shareware aspect of the Amiga long before the Internet was available to mere mortals, long before even BBS's were en vogue, and even before 300 baud modems were within the reach of the average user.  

Fred Fish was the source of Amiga software for thousands of Amiga users when software wasn't easy to come by.  As such, I do see a little bit of collectability there, but to me (personally) about $100 is pretty much the limit for what would become a closet-filler.

Several people who might have a collectable Amiga fall into a much more desirable category...  Carl Sassenrath, Dale Luck, Mike Sinz, Dave Haynie, Jay Miner, and the other original developers come to mind.  These are machines owned by innovators that bear serial numbers in the tens, not thousands.

Then again, I have very little available closet space.