> I am a collector of swag from large companies that have collapsed due to anything from mismanagement to outright fraud
That's a really cool collection! I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect.
> any authentic Theranos gear
How do you tell if it's authentic? If I was a collector in this area, my big concern would be that especially given that the market is hot, someone could just look on ebay for images of branded products, and then make replicas of them by passing the same logo onto promotional printers.
>I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect.
A buddy of mine has a similar fascination with picking things up from defunct companies, specializing in film/video post production companies. One of the items he picked up was a standard banker's box. Inside were a pile of CD-Rs which turned out to be the entire digital back up of an unfinished 3D animated feature. The entire recordings of the actor's lines. The 3D objects, scenes, etc to an unknown level of completeness. Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20.
> Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20.
There were actors you'd recognize the names of, but not sure they would qualify as A-list (at least at the time it was recorded). I'm just not able to recall who they were. That was 15-ish years ago, and it was only a story told over a lunch. Not something that made it to long term memory.
That's a really cool collection! I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect.
> any authentic Theranos gear
How do you tell if it's authentic? If I was a collector in this area, my big concern would be that especially given that the market is hot, someone could just look on ebay for images of branded products, and then make replicas of them by passing the same logo onto promotional printers.