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As a collector, I would not look at the "money making" side too seriously, If I get back out what I have in them, it's OK, a more is OK too and it helps me get other things, but I do not buy and resell hoping to make money (though as many have proven this opportunity is there), I enjoy the calculators. I have probably over collected again right now and have some other wants so I may just have to sell down now myself. For rarities, keep them if you like them and can afford to do so. Prices and the economy varies, as do collectors desire to have. I'm sure there are other opinions and would welcome them.
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Nope. You should hold. They will only increase in value. A year from now a mint 41Cx will top $1000. A mint PCC ROM will full docs will have a "fixed" price of nearly $6000.
The inside scoop is that there are two or three top-level private buyers out there trying to buy up stock, corner the market, then see what happens. They only buy the best stock, cost no object.
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then why didn't you tell me when to dump all my tech stocks???
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hold on to 'em. Unlike beanie babies which could be manufactured cheaply and easily and in whatever number required, there are only a fixed number of old classic HP calculators available. The only economic value comes from scarcity. The old classic HPs are scarce, in time more will break or be thrown away, and collectors will hoard the rest. They will become more and more scarce hence more valuable. Speculative bubble or no, time is on your side. Even if HP starts manufacturing HP-41C's again, they won't be in the right serial number range and the value of the oldies will stay high. The only thing that keeps me awake at night is wondering if there is some guy in Corvallis with a WAREHOUSE FULL of thousands of new old stock HP-16C's in boxes (no shrink wrap), waiting to dump 'em on ebay ten or twenty at a time.