Below is an excerpt from the press release they sent me. The goal was 254 lots
for a total of roughly $2 million. But they only sold 133 lots for a total of
$714,060. The top three lots went for higher than the reserve prices.
Presumably, the others weren't worth mentioning.
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For Immediate Release
February 23, 2005
CHRISTIE’S POST-SALE REPORT
(Prices Include Buyer’s Premium)
THE ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE
Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Sale Total: $714,060 (£373,853/€549,276)
Lots Offered: 254 Lots Sold: 133
TOP LOTS
#33 - sold for $78,000 - was estimated at $30,000-40,000 - private U.S> buyer
Menabrea, Luigi Federico. Sketch of the Analytical Engine …with notes
by the translator [Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace], London, 1843
#238 - sold for $72,000 - was estimated at $50,000-70,000 - private U.S. buyer
[Eckert, J. Presper and John Mauchly.] “Outline of plans for development
of electronic computers,” 1946 – the founding document of the electronic
computer industry
#16 - sold for $38,400 - was estimated at $10,000-15,000 - anonymous buyer
Babbage, Charles. A letter to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart …, London, 1822
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--- Ashley Carder <wacarder_at_usit.net> wrote:
> I think this was supposed to occur at 10:00am today.
>
> Has anyone seen any results of the auction?
>
> Ashley
>
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