I've been told that an article some time ago covered the phenomena
that "classic" Machintoch folders (not hardward but in a software
format) was sold for several hundred dollars on eBay.
I'm searching for the article talking about this phenomena...help needed ;-)

Good luck,

martin

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Clarification of Question by lindstrom-ga on 13 Dec 2003 23:09 PST

Hi Bobbie,
Unfortantly the article you came up with is not the one I'm looking
for - I'm looking for a article talking about a online auction of
software icons - you know the old icons used on a Machintoch and which
now should be on sale....the article you came up with is talking about
"hardware" - merchandise and stuff.

Sorry,

Martin

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Clarification of Question by lindstrom-ga on 14 Dec 2003 01:36 PST

Hello again,
Just to clarify this question. I belive I saw this article in a German
magazine (Der Spiegel) or something like this. You are welcome to send
the German article as I'm able to read the language.

Hi Martin!

The following article may be of your interest:


A Mac Box Worth Weight in Gold  
By Leander Kahney

?A lot of seemingly worthless items are auctioned on eBay every day.
But perhaps taking the phenomenon to new heights, an empty cardboard
box has just been auctioned for more than $500.?

?The box dates from 1984 and contained one of the first Macintosh
computers. The box was sold without the computer.?

(..)

?The box attracted 18 bids from about nine different bidders. At
first, the bidding remained relatively low -? less than $60 -? but in
the last couple of days, the price of the box jumped in increments of
about $50 as four bidders competed for it. The winning bid was $536.?

You can read the full article at the following link:
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51208,00.html


Regards,
Bobbie

Hi Martin!
  
I came across an article about an autograph of "Steve Jobs" that was
auctioned on eBay for over $2,000, if that's of interest to you (?)
  
regards,
JB

I'm not sure how the software for the folders could be sold, unless a
printout or a disk containing the original code was sold as an
historical document.

Here's an article about the development of Mac icons by Atkinson,
Hertzfeld, Kapps, Kare, et al.

Working on the Macintosh
Source: Interview with Susan Kare, 8 September 2000.
Designing Icons
http://library.stanford.edu/mac/primary/interviews/kare/mac.html

hlabadie-ga

Hi hlabadie-ga and JB,
I know you've searched hard on this one - and perhaps this is too hard...I know.
It was a colleague of mine based out of Germany, which saw this
article some months ago in a German magazine. I honestly had a hard
time believing him but he was pretty admit about this. The story is
good and has a perfect match in my book, which is the reason for this
question.
I'm sorry but your suggestions doesn?t really match what I'm looking
for - but thanks for your effort on this one.

All the best,

Martin