[GreenKeys] Enigma Machine(s) on eBay

Tim McNerney [email protected]
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:15:22 -0500


Indeed there are -two- enigma machines on eBay right now.

The first is in admittedly marginal condition, minimum bid $10k, zero bids
so far:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2161917778&category=4078

The second is in better condition, and has had the rotors rebuilt by the
owner.  This has drawn 10 bids, currently at $5100, but reserve not (yet)
met.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2162414185&category=4078

I believe these are both early machines without "reflectors"--a part that
the Germans added later, and which made the cypher harder to break for the
Brits.  These units may even be pre-war, commercial machines, but I am only
speculating.  Only the marginal-condition machine has a date: c1940.

--Tim