17 Oct
2022
17 Oct
'22
6:52 p.m.
I didn’t know you were able to recover 20% of the collection before being locked out
again. I know losing any of it is terrible, but I’m guessing you prioritized the very
best pieces of the collection when recovering the 20%, such as your Lisa 1?
I kept my collection in storage lockers for years. I kept moving to larger and larger
lockers, then eventually two large lockers, because my collecting got out of control.
Prices kept going up every year and it was a nightmare having to pay what I did just to
store the collection. Fortunately I was able to move to a house and relocated the
collection to the basement. Not everything could come home with me, so I sold the
remaining lower priority pieces to the first person who could clear the locker over a
weekend. I didn’t get much for it, but at least it didn’t go to a recycler.
On Oct 17, 2022, at 4:54 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Long story very short:
Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was stored
and wouldn't let me back in. Had to go to court. Regained access and was
able to pull out 20% of the collection before they locked me out again for
good. Then sold the rest to computer recyclers, who proceeded to scatter
it to the wind.
Sellam
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 1:43 AM Ali via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> You had to ask......I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years ago in
> non Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty....
> -------- Original message --------From: Tom Hunter via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Date: 10/17/22 1:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "General
> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Cc: Tom
> Hunter <ccth6600(a)gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Great Vintage Computer
> Heist of 2012 Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great VintageComputer Heist of
> 2012". What was that about? Who stole what and where andwhy?