I don't care at all that some people want lots of money for certain old hardware. It's the free market, you're free to take part in it or not. Classic hardware is not a necessity to live, unlike water, food, clothes, healthcare and real estate. I do laugh once in a while when I see an Atari Falcon, Amiga 4000 or Apple Lisa sell for a 4 digit sum. I remember the early 00's when you could pick any of those up for under € 300 (some of you probably remember picking them up for free in the late 90's). I have had the pleasure to own, restore and play with a lot of those classic systems and I have sold them all because I lost my interest in them and I could get a nice sum of money for them. The ironical thing is that my interest is now in late 90's and early 00's pc hardware, the stuff that I should have kept and taken when it was worth almost nothing a couple years ago (but did not because I thought I would never use it nor did I consider it valuable). Now the prices of some items finally have started to increase. Still, I don't need a fancy Voodoo 5 card to make me happy. Any old graphics card that performs pretty well in NFS is ok for me (don't have time for shooters, strategy and simulator games anymore!). I don't really play with my systems a lot, I'm busy with my work and the part I enjoy most about the hobby is actually just building a system and making it work and look like new (anyone out here who just enjoys that part as well?). Still, you can get a lot of old pc parts for next to nothing, especially if you're willing to take small risks like buying lots from people who don't properly advertise their items. That's also part of the hobby; the thrill of finding something you've always wanted in a lot.
Just a top tip for newbies in this hobby: get those P4 and Athlon XP pc's with matching late CRT monitors now before those too become valuable 😉