Speechless! (ebay madness alert)

Adrian Graham wrote: Every artist I've known has cared about the work they produce and wanted it to last, which has meant they tend to recognise when an item has historical value and shouldn't be destroyed purely for the sake of 'art'; the things that get sacrificed are the things that they think are worthless (they don't always have good judgement in that regard, but that's a separate issue). That ebay page suggests the guy knew it was something rare and of interest when it was still intact. I think there are probably three possibilities: 1) He's a total nutball, 2) He's lying and the machine that got nuked wasn't anything special at all (with the machine shown beforehand being either faked, or the genuine thing which got swapped at the last minute), 3) Both of the above The fact that it was posted to a computing section rather than any kind of 'art' area suggests part of his aim is to stir up publicity, negative or otherwise. The fact that it's priced so insanely high suggests he doesn't *want* it to sell at all, possibly because he's worried about a fraud claim... Maybe someone clued-up knows where serial #1 is / was, as I'm surprised it hasn't passed under someone's nose at some point (if it hasn't gone to landfill year ago). cheers Jules