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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ander on Wed, 05 September 2018, 01:01:24

Title: [SOLD] IBM 3278 Beam Spring, $1199 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 05 September 2018, 01:01:24

I realize not all of us are ready to dash off this kind of dough on anything—but I thought someone might like to know about it, as they seem to be going for considerably more these days (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=ibm+beam+spring&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc).

IBM 3278 1970s Vintage Beamspring Keyboard - Unrestored  (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3278-1970s-Vintage-Beamspring-Keyboard-Unrestored/173516074608)

BIN $1199.00, free US shipping


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VtIAAOSwqF5bjxvB/s-l1600.jpg)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fUQAAOSwTWZbjxvJ/s-l1600.jpg)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oyEAAOSwPFFbjxvk/s-l1600.jpg)

Title: Re: IBM 3278 Beam Spring, $1199 shipped
Post by: JP on Wed, 05 September 2018, 08:22:46

This same seller previously sold one in similar condition for this price. I wonder how many more they might have.

[Edit] I see this has sold!

Title: Re: IBM 3278 Beam Spring, $1199 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 05 September 2018, 16:49:14

Quote from: JP on Wed, 05 September 2018, 08:22:46

This same seller previously sold one in similar condition for this price. I wonder how many more they might have.

Tantalizing, ain't it, imagining they have a whole room of them? (Not that they do, necessarily—I'm just imagining it.) It makes sense to sell them one at a time rather than listing a bunch of them at once, which keeps them looking as exotic as possible.

Quote from: JP on Wed, 05 September 2018, 08:22:46

[Edit] I see this has sold!

Thanks for the heads-up. I didn't think it'd last long.