10 Sep
2024
10 Sep
'24
8:31 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Sep 2024, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Wow, someone paid $56k for a MITS ALTAIR. And $945k
for an Apple 1. Not to mention $718k for an Enigma machine. A bunch of things went for
way above the estimate, while for others it's much closer. One wonders why; I suppose
a possible explanation is "because the auction house doesn't particularly
understand the market for these things".
Any special provenance? (Hitler's personal Enigma?, BillG's' Altair?,
Steve's Apple?)
Or just multiple bidders on each item, unaware of more reasonable sources?
(I think that those prices are high, or the bidders were)
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