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Originally Posted by NatCh
Ah yes, I remember those sorts of bins. I used to work at a company that made machines that make microchips, and I got some very fun "trash" from that office. I have the world's most expensive trivet: it's a ceramic insert for a pedestal that's meant to hold 6" silicon wafers during metal deposition. Really high-tech stuff with a nice pattern of holes in it, very tough and probably cost over a thousand bucks for them to make at the time. It lives on the kitchen counter now.  |
And much like "art", the only ones who know it's true cost and origin also know it's true value. (And are also the only ones who would believe you when you tell them what it's "worth".)