SOL feeding frenzy?

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Dec 15 19:57:44 1998

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Marvin wrote:

> My recollection sure was off; thanks for posting this! The person who
> bought it is Jerry Schneider and his comment was that this one was better
> than one he had in the Smithsonian. Jerry still shows up on eBay auctions.

By the way, I have heard of one instance where a guy bought an AIM65 off a
usenet auction for around $120 and then turned around and sold it to a
museum (the Smithsonian I believe) for $600 (or perhaps higher...I can't
remember the exact figure).

Take your own conclusions from that.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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