January 23, 2009
Back home again -- long day
The auction was a long one with about 2,400 separate lots going under the hammer. The history of the company and its downfall warrant a Wikipedia Entry regarding the actions of one man and the McDonald's Monopoly sweepstakes. I was able to pick up a couple treasures for very cheap: (All pictures will show a large version if you click on them.)
A nice Professional grade Epson photo printer
and a mid-size Xerox copy machine
with all of the bells and whistles...
The operation was huge -- they had the entire building.
An Epilog Engraving Laser -- I bid on thisbut dropped out soon as I can buy a new one
for $10K from Epilog and there was no indication
of how long the unit had been run.
A new tube costs a couple $K. It went for $4K
The screen printing division.
One of the huge automated embroidery machines.
I was talking with a former employee
and they said these cost several $100K each.
They sold for $1K each...
Warehouse and Office spaces.
The designers had quite the cushy digs...
Posted by DaveH at January 23, 2009 9:06 PM