Big difference between $5k and $15k, but point taken.
I'm a lucky guy. Bought a bunch of vintage keys circa 1990 when
people were giving them away. Started buying again after I joined
eBay in 2000... I've paid $3,000-$3,500 for like four different
keyboards, but that's just absolutely it. No way I could go above
that for anything.
DF
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <echo7even@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
>