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The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 18, May 1, 2005, Article 29 GEEKS GAGA OVER $10,000 MAGAZINE Numismatic bibliophiles know it's not uncommon for rare periodicals to sell for princely sums, but the computer community was made aware of the rarity of one of its own ephemeral publications recently when Intel Corporation issued a princely reward for "a 1965 copy of Electronics Magazine that featured Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's thoughts on how silicon technology would evolve" "David Clark, an engineer in Surrey, England, had a copy of the coveted issue and has sold it to Intel, reaping the chip giant's $10,000 bounty. Intel posted a notice about its reward offer on eBay on April 11, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moore's Law." "I honestly didn't think we'd get a quick response (after posting the reward notice). We had looked for a copy before and couldn't find one," said Manny Vera, an Intel spokesman. "It was one of those publications that most people wouldn't keep around after reading it. It was a trade publication." But then there's Clark, who apparently is a pack rat. He had stored old copies of the magazine underneath the floorboards of his home for decades. "His wife gave him a hard time over the years for hoarding the magazines, but he kept telling her one day they'd be worth a lot of money," Vera said. And, apparently, one was." "Perhaps the sale will put an end to any raiding of library shelves for the magazine. Shortly after Intel announced its reward, one library's copy went missing, and other librarians said they were irritated about the reward. The chipmaker had said that it would buy library copies only if they were being offered by the libraries themselves, but that warning apparently didn't stop some thieves." Full Story [I made a point to tell my wife about the $10,000 magazine, but I still suspect that my basement stash will be out of here before my corpse is cold. -Editor] Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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