Results of the Christie's auction

[Computer Collector Newsletter]

Below is an excerpt from the press release they sent me.  The goal was 254 lots
for a total of roughly $2 million.  But they only sold 133 lots for a total of
$714,060.  The top three lots went for higher than the reserve prices. 
Presumably, the others weren't worth mentioning.

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For Immediate Release
February 23, 2005

CHRISTIE’S POST-SALE REPORT
(Prices Include Buyer’s Premium)

THE ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE
Christie’s Rockefeller Center

Sale Total:  $714,060 (£373,853/€549,276)
Lots Offered: 254  Lots Sold: 133

TOP LOTS

#33 - sold for $78,000 - was estimated at $30,000-40,000 - private U.S> buyer
Menabrea, Luigi Federico.  Sketch of the Analytical Engine …with notes
by the translator [Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace], London, 1843

#238 - sold for $72,000 - was estimated at $50,000-70,000 - private U.S. buyer
[Eckert, J. Presper and John Mauchly.]  “Outline of plans for development 
of electronic computers,” 1946 – the founding document of the electronic 
computer industry

#16 - sold for $38,400 - was estimated at $10,000-15,000 - anonymous buyer
Babbage, Charles.  A letter to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart …, London, 1822

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--- Ashley Carder <wacarder at usit.net> wrote:

> I think this was supposed to occur at 10:00am today.
> 
> Has anyone seen any results of the auction?
> 
> Ashley
> 


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