Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
I disagree with this for a simple fact. There are a finite number of these old machines and their cabinets. The more machines that idiots like this destroy making their "art"(and I use that term loosely), the less machines there are every day and eventually they will be extinct in the wild, the few remaining will only be in the hands of museums and rich collectors. It especially makes me ill when I see machines that are already rare(or even just common, still plentiful) being made into tractors, lamps, book ends, etc...These old machines are part of history, part of the evolution of engineering marvels of previous centuries.
Cari
While I agree that there are a finite number of these machines out there and it is getting smaller, I'm not sure how valuable they will ever be. Somethings get a following and are very valuable with age, some not so much. There has to be enough people wanting them for them to be valuable. In cars, a 55 Chevy can (not always) be a very valuable car. A 55 Buick, not so much. There has to be demand as well as scarcity to create value. I'm not sure how much demand there will be as younger people are not so much interested in making things by hand.