NASA Auction - GSFC

I work there! I have been to many an auction and fixed price sale. The former is big lots by the pallet, whereas the latter is sold by the working and tested unit. I used to attend every sale/auction and did lots of reselling after fixing up stuff. But then it became more trouble than it was worth. And gone are the days of finding anything that would be considered classic (S-100 prototypes, Commodore PETs, etc.). My best find was probably getting a keyboard for a PC (you get to pick KBs out of a huge bin for each PC that you buy at auction). The KB I picked turned out to be a working Atari 520ST complete with NASA sticker. ;) Also worthy of note is that the catalog listings can be misleading. You are better off actually inspecting the lots as the catalog listings tends to be somewhat misleading, incomplete or flat out wrong. Wednesdays used to be the inspection day for auctions but with tighter security after 9-11 all is done the same day. Eric "Feldman, Robert" wrote: