Do you know if there's any of these calculators still around and available to purchase? I've always wanted to get my hands on a curta but One of these would be awesome too.
It looks like the Sinclair Scientific sells on eBay for about $45, but there aren't any for sale right now. The Curta, on the other hand, goes for over $1000, so not exactly an impulse purchase.
The price of Curtas seems to have gone up over the past 18 months. eBay has plenty of listings for Curta I and IIs, but you'd have to shell out more than US$1000 for one, unless the unit was in bad condition.
What first piqued my interest in them was a watch and clock show in my town. I remember really thinking they were marvelous engineering, but I also remember that number of $1000 as an average for a working one.
However it's kinda iffy buying one that you can't actually test first. It's been too long since I've purchased anything on eBay so I don't know what the return policies are.
The guy at the show mentioned "always test the _one_ slider. Those go first"
kens|4 years ago
gfaure|4 years ago
gtfoutttt|4 years ago
However it's kinda iffy buying one that you can't actually test first. It's been too long since I've purchased anything on eBay so I don't know what the return policies are.
The guy at the show mentioned "always test the _one_ slider. Those go first"
Edit- spelling