> I checked eBay for the "big" Amigas I never had, expecting them to be cheap, but found out that these boxes had turned into valuable collector's items.

Story of my life. I had an Amiga, got rid of it. Had an H-11, got rid of it. Had a Digicomp I and II, mom got rid of them. All worth a big pile now.

My basement is full of old computers I stuck down their as I upgraded. All worthless :-)

I have an unerring ability to get it backwards what will be a collectors' item and what won't.