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Animatstoday at 6:48 AM2 repliesview on HN

> It’s rare for museums to keep artefacts operational.

The Living Computer Museum tried until the money ran out. Here's the auction list from when the Living Computer Museum was liquidated.[1]

[1] https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-...


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operatingthetantoday at 7:00 AM

Paul Allen did not structure the financials for it to succeed, which is unfortunate. I got to go there once and it was amazing.

ex-aws-dudetoday at 7:08 AM

Wow I’m surprised by how high the realized prices are

Who is buying these things? Private collectors?

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