8 May
2010
8 May
'10
6:34 p.m.
I thought we were in such a horrible recession... seems like people have
a lot of disposable income lately...
$25,000 Kenbak
$31,000 Atari 2600 "Air Raid" boxed Cartridge
$41,000 Rare Nintendo cartridge
Curt
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Evan Koblentz wrote:
Wow .... with 20 seconds to go, it jumped from 9900 to 20100, then with
five seconds to go it jumped to 25600, then ended.
I can appreciate some degree of added value for this particular unit giving
it's direct providence to Blankenbaker, and as much I might think the Kenbak is
neat for technical reasons such as a minimal processor made from SSI/MSI
devices, bit-serial architecture, and so on, this is one where I really scratch
my head over the dollar value people are placing on them, given their obscurity
in their day and relative lack of influence on computing development.
(just MHO ...)
eBay item number: 320522921808
This is one of John's original hand-built machines. Details in the
auction.
It's at $6,400 now. I personally expect that to more than triple by the
end, but that's just me. :)
Half-hour to go, it's up to $9,900 .... will be fun to watch this go
up! Wish I could afford to bid. :(