Sony Discmans can be worth THIS much???

[atrac]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Discman-D-35-CD-Player-Vintage-Rare-Complete_W0QQitemZ170385638772QQ

Not my auction/no affiliation (although I wish it was mine...dang!).

 

[Stephen J]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Discman-D-35-CD-Player-Vintage-Rare-Complete_W0QQitemZ170385638772QQ

Not my auction/no affiliation (although I wish it was mine...dang!).

OMG...I better go back to the rummage sale I was at yesterday....:sigh:

 

[beekeo]

Unless I'm reading the bid history incorrectly, user "r***m" had 17 consecutive bids taking it from $30 to $260. I suppose you could have two guys with names that start with R and end with M, but it still doesn't make sense to me.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Unless I'm reading the bid history incorrectly, user "r***m" had 17 consecutive bids taking it from $30 to $260. I suppose you could have two guys with names that start with R and end with M, but it still doesn't make sense to me.

The letters "R" and "M" are mostly meaningless. Do not assume that they are part of an actual ID, they are not, and will randomly change from auction to auction for the same bidder. The letters are assigned in a way so as to keep bidders within a specific auction "unique" yet keep them anonymous to the masses.

Within a single bidding history, they'll represent the same user, so yes that one probably did bid 17 times. But for that same user, that disguised ID will likely be different when he bids on other auctions.

 

[MelodyMaster]

OMG...I better go back to the rummage sale I was at yesterday....:sigh:

Boomboxes and portable audio really do seem to have hit the collector's market. I was going to give my JVC boombox to Goodwill until I noticed the model was fetching at LEAST $400 consistently on Ebay.

 

[w1jim]

$1025 with 1 hour left to go? This makes a $3K SX-1980 look sane.

 

[thedelihaus]

Odd they've become collectable, however this one is selling lots higher than anything I've witnessed.

I've heard a rumor orctwo of some selling for just over $400, but have only seen proof of any selling at $250, often $125 or less (often much less).


But it seems there's a sudden spike in popularity.


Anyhoo, that's a lot of dough for what it is.

 

[soundmotor]

"Sony Discmans can be worth THIS much???"

Two men enter, one man leaves.......

 

[Arkay]

A really nice JVC M90 boombox has sold on eBay for US$2,000, and regularly sells for $1300 or more, even without box or documents. Alas for me, I've only ever found two of them... That is the top of the market for boomboxes, but there are a few others that might bring four figures, in good shape and in a good auction.

One of the Marantz models with the fold-down turntable, in near-mint condition and not a rebadge or re-spray, might easily bring four figures. No one knows for sure, because there hasn't been one on the market for a long time. I have one, but mine is a rebadge/respray (although it still has a lot of the Marantz gold paint and the original Marantz label on the back!). A big Conion C100F could also bring good money. [Unfortunately, my only one has a chip in it. :tears:]

There aren't many walkman or discman collectors out there, but there are some, and most of them seem quite passionate about their hobby (like most hobbyists, I suppose). A few of them wanting a rare model in unusually fine condition could push the price into four figures, but it isn't a normal price range (yet).

 

[thedelihaus]

For what it's worth, I still own a DiscMan. Not interested in paying any crazy pricing for another.

 

[Grainger49]

There is something very odd about that!

 

[thedelihaus]

Just to clarify my stance-

I'm not knocking anyone who's into collecting these. I don't plan on selling mine. I just feel for that price you must be going for collectability over performance. AATRAC compression is a great logarithm, the format is neat, but there's better.

 

[Elroy]

I bet that seller is pleasantly astonished to say the least! :nutz:

 

[w1jim]

It'll be interesting to see if it's relisted in a few weeks due to non-payment.
If the sale/payment does actually go through one could take a look at the feedback and determine who the buyer actually is and then see what other things he's (over)paid for.
JimB

 

[thedelihaus]

Best of luck to both the buyer and seller, and hoping they both are happy with the deal.

 

[bastek]

It looks like an old Sony cordless a/m telephone. I wonder what my old Panasonic double standard cassette answering machine is worth? :scratch2:

 

[MelodyMaster]

A really nice JVC M90 boombox has sold on eBay for US$2,000, and regularly sells for $1300 or more, even without box or documents. Alas for me, I've only ever found two of them... That is the top of the market for boomboxes, but there are a few others that might bring four figures, in good shape and in a good auction.

That's the model I was going to give Goodwill. (see post #5) I'm just restoring it now, cleaning the inside and out, getting new belts for the cassette etc.

 

[jhal]

I had a D-555 Discman that needed some electrolytic caps replaced (low volume output), and a skipping problem which may have just been dried up grease.

Anyway, I decided to sell it on Ebay about 3 years ago and it went for nearly 300 bucks as-is. It had the remote with the add-on IR module, as well as 2 (very dead) rechargeable batteries. I wish I would have kept it and repaired it, but it was a low point in my life and I needed money badly.

The buyer from Hong-Kong was very happy with it.

I wonder what it would have sold for restored?

 

[jhoyt]

I use a vintage Discman (forgot model #) as my bedroom CD player. Works just fine! The unit in the auction is really neat! But a thousand bucks? But who am I to judge? I can second guess the value, but it's not my money being used, so I suppose it's not my place to criticize.