2 Sep
2024
2 Sep
'24
8:21 a.m.
On Aug 30, 2024, at 3:09 PM, John Levine <johnl(a)taugh.com> wrote:
It appears that Dan Halbert <halbert(a)halwitz.org> said:
Underwhelming, or reasonable?
It’s a serious pain to get a Christie’s account, plus fees & tax add about 25% on top
of a bid. The only reason eBay prices for old hardware are so high right now has been a
bunch of YouTubers chasing clout and treating old hardware like a Funko Pop to put on a
shelf to show how cool you are.
Late followup in this thread: here is the
Christie's auction for items
being auctioned off:
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-paul-g-allen-co…
Many of the bids are underwhelming. KA-10 for $300, KI-10 for $400, KS-10 for $400.
Somebody wants the IBM 7090, bid $11,000 but still
well below the $40-$60K estimate,
and somebody really wants the CDC 6500, bid $160,000.
All plus packing and shipping from Seattle, of course.
It doesn’t help that the kinds of people “helping” Christie’s put together their estimates
are YouTubers chasing clout.
-- Chris