Remarkable series of auctions! The price of ENIGMA machines has considerably inflated since a well-known historian of computing swapt an Enigma against his Curta calculator... The same Léon Parcé, the (sole) private owner of the PASCALINE, was a Polytechnician who founded the Société Anonyme de Télécomunications (now SAGEM) and kept a vineyard in Southern France. Interesting character! https://www.rectorie.com/leon-parce/ [ https://www.christies.com/auction/auction-24211-par/overview | https://www.christies.com/auction/auction-24211-par/overview ] Now, if someone knows of a Roth adding machine, I'd like to add it to my Egli Millionnaire. Best, Pierre Mounier-Kuhn De: "E. Lazard via Members" <members@lists.sigcis.org> À: "members" <members@lists.sigcis.org> Envoyé: Mardi 21 Octobre 2025 20:44:55 Objet: [SIGCIS-Members] THE EXCEPTIONAL SALE For those of you with a little money on the side, don’t miss the Christie’s auction in Paris on November the 18th. An ENIGMA machine will be available for around €250,000. [ https://press.christies.com/the-exceptional-sale-br-br-362832 | https://press.christies.com/the-exceptional-sale-br-br-362832 ] This should leave you enough money to raise the bid for the PASCALINE the following day, still in Paris. After all, what’s 2 to 3 millions when you can touch history… [ https://press.christies.com/la-pascaline-1642 | https://press.christies.com/la-pascaline-1642 ] Emmanuel _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
