[Milsurplus] Enigma available

[Bruce Gentry]

Prices for historical items can be totally unbelievable, they are driven 
by emotion. For those who thrill in prices, values, deals and that sort 
of thing, enjoy! Many people would refuse to actually operate an 
original one, and just how well made were they?  If you wanted a 
mechanical Enigma for actual use, how would one of the faithful modern 
replicas compare?   If you had a original and wanted to use it, how 
reliable would it be? I can't help but think in the real world the 
original ones would sometimes not light up when you pressed a key, but 
it you continued the message you might be able to fill in the gap by 
context -"TWO T NKS ON THE BR DGE".

       Brtuce Gentry KA2IVY


On 6/7/15 4:43 PM, W2HX wrote:
> I agree, Francesco. In addition, I would say this has extra display panel, spare original light bulbs, power supply and documents. I don't know how much it really is worth, only the market can determine that. But I bet it is somewhere between $100K and $200K (somewhere)!
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> 73 Eugene W2HX
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Francesco Ledda
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 4:14 PM
> To: Richard
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Enigma available
>
> An Enigma with matching serial numbers is worth $150k+
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jun 7, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Richard <brunneraa1p at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Bist Du ernst? (are you serious?)  I think they are mostly advertising their business.  On the other hand we are seeing surplus offered by antique dealers at absurd prices to see what happens. $1000 for an RAK anyone?  Am I missing something?
>>
>> Richard AA1P
>>
>>> On 06/07/2015 03:30 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
>>> If you care to cash out some of your stocks and bonds, here's an
>>> Enigma machine for only $228,000 :
>>>
>>> http://www.rauantiques.com/item/german-enigma-encryption-machine-nbsp
>>> -model-k-nbsp-.30-3431.html
>>>
>>> Also seen in an ad in New York Times, fifth page, June 2 2015.
>>> via- Hue Miller
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