[Milsurplus] Enigma available
Bruce Gentry
ka2ivy at verizon.net
Sun Jun 7 18:58:17 EDT 2015
From 1968 to today multiply prices by 10. $5000 then was a lot. Paying
$3-5000 today for a quality and accurate replica isn't terribly crazy,
the mechanism is complex and takes time and skill to build.
Bruce Gentry
On 6/7/15 5:27 PM, Mike Feher wrote:
> I remember in the late 60's and early 70's these were available for $5K and
> less. Never had that much money back then anyway. 73 - Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
> Howell, NJ, 07731
> 732-886-5960
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> W2HX
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 4:44 PM
> To: Francesco Ledda; Richard
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Enigma available
>
> 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)!
>
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
>
>
> -----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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