Enigma machine for sale

I was reading the Wall Street Journal and came across an ad that immediately caught my eye.

It was for an Enigma machine (circa 1943) for sale by M.S. Rau Antiques in New Orleans.

The asking price is a mere $250,000.

My birthday is coming up soon.

That's cheaper than the P-51 I originally asked for, it is $1,799,000.

This says all you need to know about me. I was going to throw the paper in the recycling bin, but wanted to look at the ad one more time. As I was thumbing through the pages I came across an ad for diamond jewelry, in the same corner spot, a couple of pages before the Enigma ad. I never even noticed it.

Who says diamonds are a girl's best friend?

www.rauantiques.com/item/german-enigma-cipher-machine.30-4576.html


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Wow, that's much.

 

I am not getting the link......couldn't have been too many of those, compared to like Knight's Crosses....I'd say that is about the right price.......never seen them for sale before

 

Hmmm...can I make installment payments?

 

Buy 2 and decode your conversations.

 

I saw pawnstars on TV the other day and one guy brought one in it was sold for a a couple of hundred dollars I believe..... I freaked out that he actually let it go. This being said they are not so rare. there were a bunch found in Spain a few years ago. What makes them so popular is possibly the Hollywood movies about U-Boote .

 

i know nothing of the resale value, but doesn't their worth depend on the rotors?

Quick searched this nugget:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20328104

 

bronk7 - I could not get it to link to the site, but if you copy that link and put it in your browser it should come up, or you can look up MS Rau Antiques, and then do a search for "Enigma" when you get to the site.

I'll make a deal with you, Lou, IF someone buys that for me for my birthday, I will share it with you.

The description from the website is attached, and includes this detail about the rotors:

"...three-rotor Enigma I machine was used by the German Army during WWII. This machine, manufactured in Berlin, features three moving code rotors, or "walzen" (wheels), and a Steckerbrett, or plug board."

The good news, they are now only asking $245,000.

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For whatever reason the link looks for www.rauantiqes.com and not www.rauantiques.com

Try this: http://www.rauantiques.com/item/german-enigma-cipher-machine.30-4576.html

 

How much, in buttons, is 250g?
Anybody interested in a pig latin machine. I make them myself. Very confusing, sold one to hillary clinton.

 

Clem, you are truly an enigma , the personification of at least a four rotor model !.......................and priceless .............g

 

how much would be a bunch?? ......what level of HQ used them?? Army Group level?? ....thanks Takao...got it

 

Gaines, that comment is gift enough.

Thank you, Takao.

And, Lou, I'll let you know.

 

Lou, maybe they'll let you pay for it with 10,000 easy payments of $24.50. Watch out, though. Where they really screw you over is on the shipping & handling.

 

Lou, if you make the payments, I will drive to New Orleans and pick it up. No shipping and handling charges.

Deal?

 

Can't understand why my pig latin enigma machine isn't catching on. ..Thinking need a go fund me to manufacture. Some peeps don't want others to succeed. Sad.
http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-Pig-Latin