Christie's auction

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How much was the catalog?
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
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Subject: Christie's auction


>
> I got the catalog for the upcoming Christie's "Origins of Cyberspace"
> (total misnomer) auction.  Wow, this stuff is waaaaaaaaaay over-valued.  I
> have no idea w ho came up with this, but it borders on jokery.
>
> The catalog itself is a glossy, 246 page book that must've cost tens of
> thousands of dollars to produce and print.  I'll be surprised if they
> recoup what it cost just to print the catalog.
>
> I'll be heading over to the preview at Stanford later today.
>
> The good thing in all this is that after the auction flops, the false
> expectations that all the hype this auction caused will fall through the
> floor and people will stop e-mailing me with offers of vintage 1986
> portables.
>
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> Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer 
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