[cctalk] Re: auction starting in 50 minutes

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Sep 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM, Henry Bent via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Sept 2024 at 18:54, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hmm, I have a DEC PDP11 BA23 box that was once owned by the guy that
>> forced Lech Walesa into a second runoff election for President of Poland
>> in 1990.
>> 
>> Maybe I should get Christie's to sell it for me and just use SimH :-)
>> 
>> 
> The DEC stuff in the auction seems to have magically disappeared, probably
> since it didn't reach anywhere near the Christie's estimates.   I wonder
> what they're going to do with it now...

That would be what you'd expect if there was a "reserve" and the bids did not 
reach that number.

But what DEC stuff are you talking about?  There is a bunch in the on-line 
auction, but that isn't finished yet, it runs through 9/12.

        paul