A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000
A remarkable story of a cryptography professor who purchased a WWII Enigma I machine for €100 at a Romanian flea market, later selling it for €45,000 at auction, highlighting its historical significance and remarkable value.