On 10/20/14 9:10 AM, Nick wrote:
You have to ask "Why?" http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22247/lot/286/
<http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22247/lot/286/>
USD 300,000 to USB 500,000 for an Apple 1? Plus buyer's premium - another
10% to 20% on top...
Nick
There must be some rich people who would be interested in this sort of
thing. This is curious, as it's not *their* Apple 1 computer, but
someone else's. It must be the historical significance, whatever that is.
I bought a piece of an old Univac computer from ebay many years ago, and
posted photos of it on my website. A historian/collector offered me a
rather large amount of money for it. His explanation was that it was
apparently the only surviving example of the hardware of this model of
machine. I didn't want it as much as he did.
And some years ago, a fine fellow mailed me a couple IBM 704 8-tube
logic modules for free. I suspect they'd be worth a good bit to a
collector, but I just keep one around the house to show people. I gave
the other one to my twin brother for the same purpose.
I'm glad that other people have money to blow on this sort of artifact.
--
David Forbes, Tucson AZ
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