Mystery (RE: Altair prices)

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Thu Aug 13 17:14:21 1998

Hmm, I guess that means either:

1) You sold a friend's Altair on their behalf; or
2) You bid on it yourself?

By the way, ya still owe me that ROM board, ya big lug! :)

Kai

-----Original Message-----
From: James Willing [mailto:jimw_at_agora.rdrop.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 3:01 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: RE: Altair prices


At 12:44 PM 8/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Geez, I'll bet our own Jim Willing is pretty disappointed that his only
sold
>for $4213.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=24405966
>
>What the heck is with that? Two Altairs auctioned simultaneously, with a
3x
>price differential.
>
>Guess I'm sitting on a fortune with my 5 Altairs, but I'd never sell them
>(and I mean that, whereas Jim used to say he'd never sell his either).
>
>Kai

Ah... but you make an incorrect assumption... I still have all of my
Altairs.

(dontcha just love a good mystery?)

-jim

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