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Moore's Law Original Issue Found

Posted by Zonk on from the we-can-all-rest-easy-now dept.

Daemon writes "BBC News reports that a copy of the original issue of Electronics magazine in which Moore's Law was first published has been found under the floorboards of a Surrey engineer's home. David Clark had kept copies of the magazine for years, despite pleas from his wife to throw them away." Intel, it seems, has its bounty fulfilled.

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  1. Wow... by Loco3KGT · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's going to be one hell of a return on investment for him.

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  2. If i were him by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would auction them off at Christies with a starting Bid of 10K , let Intel fight for them as im fairly sure they could be worth a fair bit more than intel is offering as a colection and if not then intel gets them for 10 grand.
    Cough or he could do the moral and ethical thing of giving them to the local library for nothing

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    1. Re:If i were him by Kazoo+the+Clown · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, they're actually not all that rare. The only reason you haven't seen any on eBay so far, is similarly dated issues haven't garnered much interest, and nobody was aware of any special interest in that issue. Someone probably paid $1 apiece or less for a batch of dozens of similar issues including that one within the last year, neither the buyer or seller realizing that issue was in any way special. Now that this story has surfaced, I'll wager you'll see bunches of them crop up on eBay over the next several months. Be patient, and you'll probably be able to get one for less than $50 once the feeding frenzy wanes-- IMHO the demand relative to the supply in this is significantly smaller than there is in Playboy #1 which went for about $2700 on eBay in the last week.

      Sure, the vast majority of old trade magazines got tossed, but there are more than a few packrats who've saved them-- probably far more than have an interest in acquiring this particular issue. DISCLAIMER: These opinions are based on decades of back-issue magazine collecting and trading, YMMV.

  3. Heh. by James+A.+Y.+Joyce · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Imagine how many fortunes have been burned or tossed out on landfill because of whiny mothers tossing out old comics and magazines.

    1. Re:Heh. by menace3society · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Actually, the fortunes are created because of this. If every kid who ever bought Action Comics #1 or any of those old comics still had his copy, they'd all be hardly more than a novelty collector's item (like an issue of TIME from the same period). The same goes for baseball cards, etc. The very fact that these things are now seen as "valuable investments" and saved means that, most likely, they never will be.

  4. How can it be 'found' by alphakappa · · Score: 2, Insightful

    when there are umpteen copies in libraries all over the world? It is not as if only ONE copy survived!

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  5. Re:Women..... by zxnos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    except, spiderman #1 wouldnt be worth a dime (well it would be worth less than it is-being #1 it has to be good for something) if a bunch of moms hadnt thrown them out. same goes for any magazine.

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  6. I'm forwarding this story... by bmalek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... to my fiancee! She has been driving me nuts to get rid of my comic book and playboy collection, but just think about how happy she would be with $10,000! (Notice I say she, I would never see a dime...)

  7. Best 10 grand Intel ever spent by MrAnnoyanceToYou · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Causing that kind of media frenzy about how they were right once fourty years ago is priceless. Great job on some PR firm's part.

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  8. Re:True geek! by RealAlaskan · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I want to know ... how I can afford a wedding for 5k or less :)

    Here's a serious answer to your semi-serious question: spend $50 on a justice of the peace.

    For us, the cost of the marriage license included having a judge perform the marriage (I think: it was 14 years ago, now, and some of those trivial details are starting to fade.). We went out to a nice restaurant with my parents and friends, afterwards. Total cost was under $200.

    If you do it right, this will be your first and last marriage, so you want to do it right. Just remember that spending money, having a big party, having fancy clothes, and all that expensive jazz, has nothing to do with ``doing it right.''

    Your wedding celebration may be the last wedding you'll ever have, but it's just the first of many celebrations you and your wife will have together.

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  9. Pack Rat's Law by objekt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Keep something long enough and it will eventually be worth $10,000 to someone.

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