I use to watch for these on ebay and it seems one would pop up every 12-16 months or so, usually on the opposite side of the country, and sell for $500-$1000 depending on condition. I recall when a certain 129 was up for bid back in 2005; info preserved by the 'IBM Collectibles' webpage. http://ibmcollectable.com/gallery/album71 Hard to say what it might go for these days. -Cory
On Jun 6, 2015, at 1:39 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > On the one hand the 25K is ridiculously excessive; on the other I'm surprised > you were able to obtain one for so little, even in poor condition, and there > was so little bidding. > > Replacing the missing keycaps may be difficult, but it otherwise looks quite > recoverable. > > > On 2015-Jun-05, at 6:21 PM, Connor Krukosky wrote: > >> That has been posted up for a LONG time and will likely NEVER sell at that >> price or at any offer since this guy seems to think its made of gold. >> It's less rare than an 029 seemingly anyway. The 026's seem to have had a >> lot more of them run for a longer time, meaning more survived to see the >> light of day again... >> Its in better condition than the one I got, but I got mine for only 9 >> dollars!! >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-26-Keypunch-Punch-Card-/141603779673 >> It may be worth a couple of hundred to the right person, but I can't ever >> see that thing selling anywhere close to that figure... >> >> -Connor K
