Leopard - why so expensive?

I am trying to get hold of an installation DVD of OSX 10.5 (Leopard). Since this is no longer the default OS for new Macs, I naturally thought that I could pick one up for a modest price. But No! Today's review of Ebay shows that this software is currently being offered at prices far higher that Snow Leopard. Have I got something wrong or can anyone say why a superceeded program is still so expensive? PS I cannot use 10.6 because the machine is not an intel

Also with eBay you don't know what you may be getting, unless you get in personal contact with the seller.
10.5 came in retail, upgrade (dropin), OEM, and system specific disc. A system specific disc should not be sold separately, unless it comes from someone whose computer was stolen or lost. It should be sold only with the Mac it shipped with, as that most of the time is the only Mac that can use it, and includes the lowest version of iLife and operating system that Mac can run. Upgrade discs generally are only good for Macs that shipped three weeks prior to the release date of the OS. Finally,
OEM may be something obtained by a developer at a trade conference, and not for resale. The retail Leopard looks like * and does not have any of the above labels or any Mac model name.
- * links to my pages may give me compensation

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