Apple AEK II (M3501) $25 shipped

[jacobolus]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121480962448
This is a bit yellowed, and it’s hard to tell what kind of condition the switches are in, but it's easily worth that much for just the keycaps.

[jacobolus]

Also, this auction has an AEK II, an Apple Standard Keyboard (M0116, probably orange Alps), and two rubber domes (I think one of them is the type with with Alps-compatible keycaps and the other isn’t, but I’m not totally sure). http://www.ebay.com/itm/131342035326

[jacobolus]

Actually, there seem to be an unusually large number of AEK IIs on auction right now for cheap:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191397227468
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261641266912
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261652024869
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251705383172
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291285530150
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151461336420
x3: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301380646030
x4: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111499403405

Does anyone know how to tell the Mitsumi ones from the outside?

[fohat.digs]

AEK IIs on auction right now for cheap:

My experience has been that they are hard to sell for more than the high-$20-low-$30 range even when clean and tested, unless they are not yellowed, in which case they might go for $40 shipped.

But I have not sold any since last spring.

[jacobolus]

Speaking of which, here are two that have very little yellowing for $34 shipped each:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331371000793
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331370992124

[fohat.digs]

Those look very nice.

The mice are junk, but anybody who seriously wants to try an AEK2 should pounce on one of these.