On Tue, 10 Sept 2024 at 19:43, Henry Bent <henry.r.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sept 2024 at 19:38, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> >> > On Sep 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM, Henry Bent via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, 10 Sept 2024 at 18:54, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk < >> > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> > >> >> Hmm, I have a DEC PDP11 BA23 box that was once owned by the guy that >> >> forced Lech Walesa into a second runoff election for President of >> Poland >> >> in 1990. >> >> >> >> Maybe I should get Christie's to sell it for me and just use SimH :-) >> >> >> >> >> > The DEC stuff in the auction seems to have magically disappeared, >> probably >> > since it didn't reach anywhere near the Christie's estimates. I wonder >> > what they're going to do with it now... >> >> That would be what you'd expect if there was a "reserve" and the bids did >> not reach that number. >> >> But what DEC stuff are you talking about? There is a bunch in the >> on-line auction, but that isn't finished yet, it runs through 9/12. >> > > I'm looking at > https://www.christies.com/en/auction/pushing-boundaries-ingenuity-from-the-paul-g-allen-collection-30730/ > where there are currently 36 items listed, and I swear there were 50+ when > I looked at it earlier, including a bunch of DEC stuff. Am I just not > looking in the right place? > > -Henry > Okay, I figured it out, there are two different auctions. The one I linked above is done, but there is another: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-paul-g-allen-collection/lots/3726 that is in progress, and that's the link that I was looking at. I apologize for my confusion, I suppose I'm just having a bit of brain fog. -Henry
