Osborne 01 for only $5000.00

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Jan 13 21:27:00 1999

>When We Laugh at the reserve price of $400, keep in mind that a famous
>baseball sold at an auction this week to a high bidder of almost 7
>million dollars.. Hard to believe!
>To me a baseball is worth about 3 bucks.. A used one even less...
>Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder..

Excuse me, which universe did this happen in? As far as I know, it
went for 2.7 Million, with an addition 305k being paid in commission
by the purchaser... A far cry from 7 Mil...

but otherwise, your comment still applies...

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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Received on Wed Jan 13 1999 - 21:27:00 GMT

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