ACP is a rather well known entity among computer people here in So. California having sponsored the ACP swapmeet for many years. As such, I rather doubt this is a joke. When I was there last year, they had some interesting and some common computers on display. I gather that this display was a small fraction of what they had, and as such, the starting price does not seem that bad assuming that there is a fair amount of "good stuff" that hasn't been mentioned in the ad. A quick glance at the web site (http://www.thepcmuseum.net/) didn't show much in the way of what I would term expensive stuff though. And of course, the reserve price may be a bit high, but no way of knowing that!