Post by rubl on Feb 22, 2021 15:17:01 GMT 7
"Soviet 'Enigma' cipher machine sells for $22k at collapsed museum's exhibits auction
James Bond? Inspector Gadget? Yup, all here
A Soviet equivalent of Nazi Germany's Enigma cipher machine has sold for more than double its auction asking price – while a secret camera disguised as a pack of cigarettes went for nearly $20,000.
A Fialka M-125-3M 10-rotor cipher code machine complete with accessories sold for $22,400 at a US auction held over the weekend, trumping the device's $8,000-$12,000 estimated sale price."
www.theregister.com/2021/02/17/soviet_spy_gadgets_museum_auction/
For interesting pictures on the items which were on sale see
www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/feb/10/relics-of-the-cold-war-at-auction
Note rumour has it some member was asking for suppositories because of problems he (had) had with item5 "A KGB rectal concealment capsule for hiding microfilm and other espionage information"
James Bond? Inspector Gadget? Yup, all here
A Soviet equivalent of Nazi Germany's Enigma cipher machine has sold for more than double its auction asking price – while a secret camera disguised as a pack of cigarettes went for nearly $20,000.
A Fialka M-125-3M 10-rotor cipher code machine complete with accessories sold for $22,400 at a US auction held over the weekend, trumping the device's $8,000-$12,000 estimated sale price."
www.theregister.com/2021/02/17/soviet_spy_gadgets_museum_auction/
For interesting pictures on the items which were on sale see
www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/feb/10/relics-of-the-cold-war-at-auction
Note rumour has it some member was asking for suppositories because of problems he (had) had with item5 "A KGB rectal concealment capsule for hiding microfilm and other espionage information"
