Its really not that suprising that the CS80 would sell for $15,000
considering putneys and synthis fetch $5k or more on a regular basis..
i think over the last 3 or 4 years synth prices have totally shot up..
even faster then previous years. 2600s and jP8s sell for $4k plus on
ebay all the time.. in the early 2000s they could be had for $2k on a
weekly basis.
prophets 5 are still undervalued in my opinion ;)
10-20 years from now I think it will be shocking what a maintained
CS80 will be worth.. and of course there will be fewer parts and
qualified technicians to work on them.
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> 1. With this major jump in selling price... many of us won't bite at
> those types of numbers, but you may see a rash (like two or three) of
> CS-80s come up for auction by people that would rather have that kind
> of bread than the synth. I've seen that happen before. We would then
> find out if the true market value is $15,000, or if there was just one
> rich guy that had no issue taking the plunge on that Buy It Now.
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> 2. With market values so high, this can only help produce solutions
> for long-term survivability - whether a reissue of IG ICs, or
> production of discrete replacements.
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