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."

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[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

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