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What is the rarest sinclair item u have ?

swordheartswordheart
edited February 2007 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ?

I am going to be selling it along with the rest of my spectrum collection, this year probably. Its getting the oomph needed to photograph everything and find out the postage costs.
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  • DarenDaren
    edited July 2006
    Not strictly Sinclair, but it's probably my copy of Jet Set Willy from 1983, still sealed with the original Software Projects "security" seal thingy.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited July 2006
    Daren wrote:
    Not strictly Sinclair, but it's probably my copy of Jet Set Willy from 1983, still sealed with the original Software Projects "security" seal thingy.

    I wonder how much my BOX of them - a software projects box - is worth then?
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  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited July 2006
    Daren wrote:
    Not strictly Sinclair, but it's probably my copy of Jet Set Willy from 1983, still sealed with the original Software Projects "security" seal thingy.

    I've got a bunch of interface 2 cartridges and an interface 2...

    Of course, I've got more things that are just way too ubiquitous.... For example, I've got a whole corner of my office devoted to silver sincalir tranzam cassettes.... Can't even give the things away! ;-)
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited July 2006
    andrew_rollings wrote:
    For example, I've got a whole corner of my office devoted to silver sincalir tranzam cassettes.... Can't even give the things away! ;-)

    oooh I'll have one! can I pm you my address?
  • BruceNortonBruceNorton
    edited July 2006
    I've got a copy of Make a chip now that is rare :lol:
  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited July 2006
    ghbearman wrote:
    oooh I'll have one! can I pm you my address?

    As soon as I can dig 'em out from underneath the stack of Miremare boxes I just knocked over trying to reach one...

    ;)
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited July 2006
    Hi Andrew

    what are you trying to say..?? Mire Mare was never released.
  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited July 2006
    ghbearman wrote:
    Hi Andrew

    what are you trying to say..?? Mire Mare was never released.

    Oohhh.. Now I feel bad...

    Neither (allegedly) was the silver "Sinclair" Tranzam...

    It's a common "want to find" item on here...

    Not a very good welcome to the forums.... Sorry :-(
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited July 2006
    Ah, my mistake Andrew. I didn't spot you had said "silver Sinclair" Tranzam!

    On topic, the only Sinclair item I own currently is Jetpac on cassette.

    I do own several rare BBC micro games though. (e.g. Cosmic Battlezones)
  • ADJBADJB
    edited July 2006
    swordheart wrote:
    For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ?

    I have two of these one with base unit and monitor boxed the other just the base unit boxed, got them both off ebay UK and I think the all boxed one cost me about ?30. The other was less than ?20.

    However one thats just being (been ?) sold on ebay was at ?51 last time I saw it. Can't remember if it was boxed.

    ADJB
  • DarenDaren
    edited July 2006
    fogartylee wrote:
    I wonder how much my BOX of them - a software projects box - is worth then?

    My sealed JSW isn't worth that much, according to past auctions on ebay. But it's still the rarest sinclair item I've got.
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited July 2006
    swordheart wrote:
    For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ?

    I am going to be selling it along with the rest of my spectrum collection, this year probably. Its getting the oomph needed to photograph everything and find out the postage costs.

    If you have a Plus 2 (grey) or 128+, if it's very cheap, I'll take it off your hands (if possible please)
  • Malc74Malc74
    edited July 2006
    swordheart wrote:
    For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ?
    I know a PC 200 sold on ebay just recently for 300 quid, unboxed. Quite a tidy sum. If you do a search for PC 200 in completed auctions you'll see it. Item number is 220004245981.
  • bleughbleugh
    edited July 2006
    at the moment my two rare items are

    mint boxed unassembled ZX81 kit - for sale by the way now!

    and

    codemasters CD rom compilation, near mint with that loading casette and joystick dongle thingy - also for sale :-(

    (only added the sale bit as i'm emigrating to Oz before the end of the year and it all has to go!)
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited July 2006
    I've got a rare French version of Impossible Mission (US Gold). Unfortunately I lost the box a long time ago but luckily the tape still remains. I also own the Bug Byte version of Manic Miner with the alternative cover (picture here). I have two versions of Combat Lynx (Durell). The cover is slightly different on the second one where it lists the joysticks it supports on the front of the box. Does anyone know if the first one (without the joystick information) was an early or pre-release version that was quickly replaced?

    Necros.
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited July 2006
    bleugh wrote:
    at the moment my two rare items are

    mint boxed unassembled ZX81 kit - for sale by the way now!

    and

    codemasters CD rom compilation, near mint with that loading casette and joystick dongle thingy - also for sale :-(

    How much for the Codemasters CD-ROM?
  • chop983chop983
    edited July 2006
    I don't have any of my old stuff anymore (it all went to my cousins son) but I would have thought my boxed complete copy of Rebelstar Raiders would have been fairly rare

    other than that I'd have loved to own a complete setof IF2 cartridges
  • CountCount
    edited July 2006
    bleugh wrote:
    mint boxed unassembled ZX81 kit - (

    Holy 'kin cow!!

    Lotsa great items on here people.

    I do have an incomplete boxed Midi Music Machine by RAM. Missing mic, but I intend to use it not sell it. (Though I would sell the box!!) Blurb on box says "The complete home computer music system"
    ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-adverts/MusicMachine.jpg

    Also an AGF Game Controller Interface. Orphaned. ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-adverts/AGFProtocol4_2.jpg

    Also have a ZX80 and some 81s, unknown condition. No boxes.

    Other various black boxes of varying types, some completely un identified.

    But yeah mint unassembled ZX81. That's rare. Well done! (Reckon that could beat ?150 on eBay)
  • swordheartswordheart
    edited July 2006
    zeropolis79 wrote:
    If you have a Plus 2 (grey) or 128+, if it's very cheap, I'll take it off your hands (if possible please)

    I have a 128 with heatsink that isn't boxed, if thats what u mean by 128 + ? will have to make sure its ok o course and if it is, im sure we can come to some arrangement.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited July 2006
    The scarey thing is that apart from the PC200 & ZX81, I have everything else people have mentioned!

    I also have a boxed MK14 with the manual...
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  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited July 2006
    fogartylee wrote:
    The scarey thing is that apart from the PC200 & ZX81, I have everything else people have mentioned!
    Even the French Impossible Mission? Don't suppose you'd be willing to sell it to me by any chance? It's been complaining about being forced to sleep rough a lot lately. :)

    Necros.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited July 2006
    oh - and the French Impossible Mission!

    If I did have it, it's a pretty good bet that I woudln't sell it. Sorry.
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  • GeoffGeoff
    edited July 2006
    I have a Caithness Glass ZX Spectrum Crystal paperweight. I have just made a video of it and it is in the bottom left corner of this page. "Microdrives in the Sun".

    http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=zx+spectrum
  • swordheartswordheart
    edited July 2006
    fogartylee wrote:
    I also have a boxed MK14 with the manual...

    Ooooo thats nice, I would love to see a pic of that, did u get it fom ebay ?, if so can i be cheeky and ask how much ??

    I have just about sold all my Commodore stuff, just got a 64 and a 1200 to get rid of now and complete set of bitmap brothers games. Its all just been stored in boxes, i don't see the point in keepin em anymore.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited July 2006
    It was given to me as the owner had no idea what it was. I kept it here for a couple of years in the loft until I did Issue 2 of ZX Shed, and put an advert in there. I recognised it and checked.. sure enough there it was.

    It's in a safe in Oswestry at the moment until I decide what to do with it!
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  • Mort!Mort!
    edited July 2006
    Probably the rarest item I managed to aquire was my £5 bootfair Z88, after repairing the battery compartment all works fine.

    Other than that it would my complete run of Ultimate games including Bubbler and Martianoids (albeit none of the sinclair label titles), and the complete set of Crash with all the tapes etc which I used to build the Dvd all those years ago :-)
  • trellistrellis
    edited July 2006
    Not strictly Sinclair, but I've got a Fuller Box (the version without the speech chip), and a RAM Music Machine, complete, boxed, as new. Oh, and a Multiface 128 with ROM version 87.12 ;-)

    I also have a 16k speccy, pristine condition, boxed, looking like it just left the factory. Really nice. Not rare at all, but a beautiful example, even though I say so myself.

    My brother is the proud owner of a Sinclair pocket TV, boxed, near-perfect condition. Fully working, but we can't get batteries for it any more :(

    Nothing for sale, sorry - I want it all!

    Edit - forgot to add the boxed, factory-fresh Interface 1 :)

    Edit 2 - and a Cursor Joystick - bizarre thing that is! Dunno if it's rare or not!
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited July 2006
    Mort! wrote:
    Probably the rarest item I managed to aquire was my ?5 bootfair Z88, after repairing the battery compartment all works fine.

    lol - i got 5 in the red 'briefcases'. sorry.

    I sold a few on ebay a while back because I had 10, they got an average of ?25 each.
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  • Mort!Mort!
    edited July 2006
    Bugger and I thought my tatty machine was rare, drop me a line if you would like to part with a better condition unit :-)

    Could do swapsies at the next Retro meetup ;-)
  • zeropolis79zeropolis79
    edited July 2006
    swordheart wrote:
    I have a 128 with heatsink that isn't boxed, if thats what u mean by 128 + ? will have to make sure its ok o course and if it is, im sure we can come to some arrangement.

    Referring to the one that came before the Plus 2.. Thankx
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