Educated guess on price for a non-upgraded Lisa 1?

[olePigeon]

I may have an opportunity to snag a working Lisa 1 with dual twiggy drives. Was wondering if anyone has an idea of how much an original Lisa 1 goes for before I try and haggle on price.

Thanks,

oP

 

[Dog Cow]

It depends on strongly your desire to possess one.

I wouldn't mind having one. But I'm not madly drooling after obtaining one, either, such that I'd be unlikely to pay more than $40 to $50 for one.

 

[mcdermd]

$40 or $50? These days a non-working Lisa II will fetch close to ten times that much.

I haven't seen a Lisa I across Bay in quite a while but I would assume it could fetch well over the $1000 mark heading up to $2500 depending on condition and whether or not it is complete. The guy at vintagemicros.com has them every now and again but the prices are not for the feint of heart.

They are not cheap in any sense of the word.

 

[Dog Cow]

$40 or $50? These days a non-working Lisa II will fetch close to ten times that much.

I've explained my reasoning on that point.
To me, a Lisa system is not worth more than that.

 

[mcdermd]

No, I understood what you meant. I'm just a little surprised you'd throw a ridiculous number out just to say you don't give a rip.

 

[Dog Cow]

I'm just a little surprised you'd throw a ridiculous number out just to say you don't give a rip.

I don't think it's ridiculous at all. As the person in charge of how I save and spend my money, I'd rather not dispense large sums of it on computers that are, for all practical purposes, useless.

 

[Unknown_K]

Well I wouldn't spend more then $50 for the Mona Lisa painting.. but that doesn't mean it is worth that much.

As far as haggling goes, just ask the seller what range he is looking for and go from there. Generally if you are selling something I expect you to give me a price estimate to see if we are in the same ball park or not (sellers do have a price in mind when they decide to ditch something, reasonable or not). If I see something somebody has and want it (not advertised as for sale), then it is up to me to give them a price to see if they are interested since they havn't had time to think about pricing.

Anybody who knows anything about computer collecting knows that a non upgraded Lisa 1 is pretty much destined for ebay and not some low balling local buyer. Outside of forced evictions or having to move quickly because of unforseen work requirements you tend to not find rarities for cheap anymore (stuff where the seller doesn't have time to ebay it).

 

[jsarchibald]

It's worth what people are willing to pay for it. And that will be far in excess of $50.

I would pay about $1K for one in working condition, but I think that is still too cheap.

 

[Byrd]

I've been watching American Pickers wayyyy too much. But it's good to learn some good approaches to haggling. It's worth whatever the person thinks he or she would like to sell it for. Just ask how much they're willing to let it go for, don't offer an amount first. It's a game. Most of the above posts for Lisa 1s are going off recent eBay sales, which reflect the upper prices of the market.

JB

 

[Unknown_K]

For niche items even ebay isn't the upper limit. I sold one rare software package that might have sold before on ebay for $500 on a good day for $1100+ to a private collector who wanted to remain nameless. I don't think enough Lisa 1's come up for auction to realy know what they are worth.

Pickers by definition are looking for items to resell with the least amount of work needed so paying well below retail is their major motivation.

 

[mcdermd]

For a more "real world" value, a local recycler here sells for 10% off of the lowest price sold on ebay recently.

 

[Scott Baret]

I remember a Lisa 1 selling for over $20,000 in 2002.

 

[sirwiggum]

eBay UK has a Lisa 2 up for £3,300 (roughly $5200)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APPLE-LISA-2-COMPUTER-COMPLETE-ORIGINAL-BOXES-/290698744766?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item43aefed3be

Update - Which was recently bought from eBay US for $1147 (£722)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260984840220

 

[uniserver]

ill do 50 cents over what ever dogcow bids

that is what always happens to me lol

 

[david__schmidt]

These threads are so much fun. Here's the part where we ask for photographic evidence.

 

[uniserver]

well in your case, you have to size up the seller, if its nothing more then some old junk laying around(to him), offer him 50 bucks , he might take it… grab it up and have a nice day

 

[Arthegall]

How about . . . twenty-five large?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-BOXED-APPLE-LISA-1-COMPUTER-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-RESTORED-WORKING-/160784312263?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256f7de7c7#ht_32309wt_1150

 

[Scott Baret]

The Lisa in the above auction is, I believe, the one I remember going for $20K. I know for a fact there was a $20K Lisa sold in 2002.

 

[sirwiggum]

Boxed one in the UK for £2k

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290705468147

UK MAINLAND Buyers only kinda rules me out :disapprove: