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From: Dueño de Monte on 17 Jan 2008 18:38 > > But ... can you get a GOLDEN HP50g in any other way ? Be or not to > > be ! > > Spray paint? > -- > Bruce Horrocks > Surrey > England > (bruce at scorecrow dot com) ...... not to be ! ..... to be spray .... .... I am sure the spray paint will come out in few weeks ..... Daniel
From: John H Meyers on 17 Jan 2008 19:13 It's pretty funny that after all the criticism of the 49G+ "gold" version (which all of them were), and the touted superiority of the 50G standard "Darth Vader" look (and feel), a few "gold" 50G are revealed to exist, and suddenly are in great demand. Does rarity, even if a mistake, as in cases below, automatically create demand? (does anyone need a rare early 49G with the "serial port bug" -- I've still got 'em :) The Inverted Jenny http://www.glassinesurfer.com/stamp_collecting/gsinvertedjenny.shtml http://stamps.about.com/od/famousrarities/p/Jenny_Invert.htm Here is a different case, which began similarly, but the Post Office dashed the entire possibility, by printing millions more of the originally rare item, which succeeded in making them common, worth no premium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj�ld_invert Tulip Fever http://www.tulip-fever.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania "I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of crowds" [Isaac Newton, Tulip investor -- and loser] http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/archives/2007/10/do_i_smell_tuli.html http://www.caslon.com.au/boomprofile2.htm The Golden Helmet of Mandrino [limited edition, of course] http://www.josephgrossman.com/cgi-bin/jg2viewwork.php?pid=10051 http://www.artbrokerage.com/artretail/dali/dali_9758.htm http://www.doubletakeart.com/cgi-bin/dtg/dtg.sla?ca=x&hc=2&pb=650&cc=dtg&fr=0&lp=14588829356624966102&zm=x&ac=&pg=&ai=00133*8654 https://lyricstage.com/media_center/main_stage/man_of_la_mancha/golden_helmet_of_mambrino/ http://www.google.com/search?q=golden+helmet+mambrino+site%3Awikipedia.org Clinging to piano tops [R. Buckminster Fuller] http://www.bfi.org/?q=node/421 [first paragraph] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller ["What One Man Can Do" -- John Denver] A merry voyage on "Spaceship Earth" to everyone. -[ ]-
From: TW on 17 Jan 2008 23:41 > > But ... can you get a GOLDEN HP50g in any other way ? Be or not to > > be ! > > As far as I know, there are about 10 out there in the world. > > If any of the people owning one are willing to give them away.. who knows. How about a 49G+ with a serial port? How many of those do you think there are? TW
From: Tom Lake on 18 Jan 2008 01:52 "John H Meyers" <jhmeyers(a)nomail.invalid> wrote in message news:op.t43mv0gsnn735j(a)miu.edu... > It's pretty funny that after all the criticism of the 49G+ > "gold" version (which all of them were), and the touted superiority > of the 50G standard "Darth Vader" look (and feel), a few "gold" 50G > are revealed to exist, and suddenly are in great demand. > > Does rarity, even if a mistake, as in cases below, > automatically create demand? (does anyone need a rare > early 49G with the "serial port bug" -- I've still got 'em :) Yes, rarity does create demand. Look at the going price of an original HP-35 with the trig error (if you can find one) Historical significance is another factor. Tom Lake
From: JYA on 18 Jan 2008 03:22
On 2008-01-18 15:41:30 +1100, TW <timwessman(a)gmail.com> said: > > How about a 49G+ with a serial port? How many of those do you think > there are? I have about 5 of those :) But the serial port was butchered on the side of the calculator... you can use that thing as a dangerous weapon ! Imagine a big fork sticking on the side of the calculator ! -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security (Benjamin Franklin) |