"Richard Knoppow" wrote
I found a bunch of [specialized argon] lamps at a ham radio swap meet a
couple of months ago for a dollar each! I don't think the guy selling
them knew what they were.
I find rarities often go for a song: people looking for
the thing are rarer than the thing itself.
I have a job selling a huge collection of antique
medical quack devices. When the right buyer can
be found some of the items go for $20,000. As an
experiment I tested the waters on ebay and it looks
like the collection would go for ~0.05 on the dollar.
Collectors know this and there is sniping and collusion
aplenty. At any one time there are 10-20 active well
healed collectors and they all know each other.
It is going to take longer to sell the collection off
[at sane prices] than it took to collect it.
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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm
n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com