Yamaha CS80

Big difference between $5k and $15k, but point taken.

I'm a lucky guy.  Bought a bunch of vintage keys circa 1990 when 
people were giving them away.  Started buying again after I joined 
eBay in 2000... I've paid $3,000-$3,500 for like four different 
keyboards, but that's just absolutely it.  No way I could go above 
that for anything.

DF


--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <echo7even@...> wrote:
>
> Its really not that suprising that the CS80 would sell for $15,000
> considering putneys and synthis fetch $5k or more on a regular 
basis..
> i think over the last 3 or 4 years synth prices have totally shot 
up..
> even faster then previous years.  2600s and jP8s sell for $4k plus 
on
> ebay all the time.. in the early 2000s they could be had for $2k on 
a
> weekly basis.
> 
> prophets 5 are still undervalued in my opinion ;)
> 
> 10-20 years from now I think it will be shocking what a maintained
> CS80 will be worth.. and of course there will be fewer parts and
> qualified technicians to work on them.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 1.  With this major jump in selling price... many of us won't 
bite at 
> > those types of numbers, but you may see a rash (like two or 
three) of 
> > CS-80s come up for auction by people that would rather have that 
kind 
> > of bread than the synth.  I've seen that happen before.  We would 
then 
> > find out if the true market value is $15,000, or if there was 
just one 
> > rich guy that had no issue taking the plunge on that Buy It Now.
> > 
> > 2.  With market values so high, this can only help produce 
solutions 
> > for long-term survivability - whether a reissue of IG ICs, or 
> > production of discrete replacements.
> >
>