---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: Up for Auction: Memory from the First Computer in Space From: couryho...@aol.com Date: Thu, October 29, 2015 11:29 am To: cctalk@classiccmp.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> didn't they keep craft intact for display etc? > heh who stole the memory then!/ > > anything is FLOWN in space has a high value. > we collect a bit of that but most is stupidly out of the price range. > > ed sharpe archivist for smecc > > > In a message dated 10/28/2015 12:32:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, > paulkon...@comcast.net writes: Yes the provenence of certified flown items really boosts the price. Just look at what fragments of flown Apollo beta cloth and mylar go for on eBay, top dollar... A couple of years ago I bid on a Raytheon module from a Block 1 AGC (exactly the ones seen in the excellent short film 'Computer for Apollo' on Youtube), it went for about $1200 USD. And it had complete unknown provenance, I don't think the Block 1's were flown(?). At least I had the nice feeling I 'owned' it for a short time :) Steve.
