100 euros 'typewriter' turns out to be 45,000 euros Enigma machine

[steve2470]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/100_euro_typewriter_turns_out_to_be_45000_euro_enigma_machine/

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A cryptography professor wandering through a Romanian flea market has turned a nice ROI on his €100 investment: €45,000.

That's because what was on offer was a 1941-manufacture German Army three-rotor Enigma I. The unnamed collector who picked it up sold it through Bucharest auction house Artmark, and the unit beat its €9,000 reserve price five times over.

You'll need Google Translate to read Artmark's description of the find.

Artmark's collectible consignment manager Christian Gavrilla told Reuters the collector is “a cryptography professor and ... he knew very well what he was buying”.

[pansypoo53219]

1. i at least know, that aint' a typewriter.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. exactly like what was in the movie The Imitation Game