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avocollector · 14th Jun 2016, 5:38 am

Mixed feelings as it was a valuable item but it had been offered on the open market (thus establishing its value at that time) - now I'm not into defrauding individuals, but if it's in a junk shop at a fixed price, or on ebay as here, then fair enough I feel.

cheerfulcharlie · 15th Jun 2016, 12:13 am

Someone else might have seen the TV show 'Pawn Stars' which is about an American store and the items that get offered to them to buy.

Someone brought in Enigma machine and was offered $75K for it, but the owner wanted $150K for it IIRC.

The provenance being that it was in the film 'Enigma'

The show offered a potted history of how clever the Enigma machine was.

14th Jun 2016, 5:38 am	#41
avocollector Heptode Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wellington, New Zealand. Posts: 653	Re: Interesting shed find by NMOC Mixed feelings as it was a valuable item but it had been offered on the open market (thus establishing its value at that time) - now I'm not into defrauding individuals, but if it's in a junk shop at a fixed price, or on ebay as here, then fair enough I feel.

15th Jun 2016, 12:13 am	#42
cheerfulcharlie Heptode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 708	Re: Interesting shed find by NMOC Someone else might have seen the TV show 'Pawn Stars' which is about an American store and the items that get offered to them to buy. Someone brought in Enigma machine and was offered $75K for it, but the owner wanted $150K for it IIRC. The provenance being that it was in the film 'Enigma' The show offered a potted history of how clever the Enigma machine was. Last edited by cheerfulcharlie; 15th Jun 2016 at 12:27 am.