About 10 years ago, I heard a print shop was going out of business, and selling all their gear. I looked around and got a few things. The empty type cases were expensive, the type had been dumped into buckets for a dollar a bucket. The best thing was a sign in the back: “Linotype machine: Free for the taking.”
Sure, it would have cost serious money to move, but if I had a garage I would have it now. But there was no way it could go in the basement.
