Giant early tech trove auctioned
Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 29 September 2009
At the heart of the auction are 24 pre-war televisions - the largest collection ever assembled for sale - with the oldest dating back to 1930.
It also comprises a vast and unfeasibly diverse collection of scientific instruments, gramophones, early looms, computers - even a medieval set of thumbscrews.
"There are all the important pieces that are firsts: you have one of the first bedwarmers, one of the first food processors, one of the world's first microscopes and one of the first light bulbs - seeing it all together gives a general impression of awe."
That sounds like a lot of that stuff would be fun to play with.