I didn’t know you were able to recover 20% of the collection before being 
locked out again.  I know losing any of it is terrible, but I’m guessing you 
prioritized the very best pieces of the collection when recovering the 20%, 
such as your Lisa 1?

I kept my collection in storage lockers for years.  I kept moving to larger and 
larger lockers, then eventually two large lockers, because my collecting got 
out of control.  Prices kept going up every year and it was a nightmare having 
to pay what I did just to store the collection.   Fortunately I was able to 
move to a house and relocated the collection to the basement.  Not everything 
could come home with me, so I sold the remaining lower priority pieces to the 
first person who could clear the locker over a weekend.  I didn’t get much for 
it, but at least it didn’t go to a recycler. 




> On Oct 17, 2022, at 4:54 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Long story very short:
> 
> Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was stored
> and wouldn't let me back in.  Had to go to court.  Regained access and was
> able to pull out 20% of the collection before they locked me out again for
> good.  Then sold the rest to computer recyclers, who proceeded to scatter
> it to the wind.
> 
> Sellam
> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 1:43 AM Ali via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> You had to ask......I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years ago in
>> non Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty....
>> -------- Original message --------From: Tom Hunter via cctalk <
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org> Date: 10/17/22  1:31 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: "General
>> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Tom
>> Hunter <ccth6...@gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Great Vintage Computer
>> Heist of 2012 Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great VintageComputer Heist of
>> 2012". What was that about? Who stole what and where andwhy?


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