An early (1968-69) modular Moog in excellent condition will be available at auction from April 25 - May 1. Information about this historical instrument and the auction can be found at http://www.moogforsale.com/
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Thats going to fetch a mint.
I’d call this on-topic, as there isn’t a classified ad subforum here.
That is a VERY early modular. Before the I/II/IIIC or I/II/IIIP configurations. Note the lack of CP panels in the main cabinet. There is a prototype envelope follower (note the dymo labels) and the VCAs had early panel formats, the black overlay is narrow.
Obviously came from a university (dymo labels on all the pots). Half length cabinets do not pop up very often, they were the predecessor of the tolexed
“P” cabinets.
This will go for a mint.
Some parts of this modular appear to be very old indeed. The VCA panels for example look identical to the ones used on Alvin Nikolai’s and Eric Siday’s early Moog systems from 1965. From what I can tell the main cabinet is of the same size as used with the small-to-medium sized 1967 systems, ie the Synthesizer I and II.
The other cabinets are obviously of non-standard width and were probably custom-built at a later date since they house later Moog modules like the 960 sequencer, which afaik wasn’t introduced until late '68 or thereabouts.
Prototypes of the 960 seem to have existed by 1967 though because Bernie Krause (of Beaver & Krause fame) told me a while ago that they definitely used one with their 1967 Moog (synthesizer III) when recording theír first solo album “The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music” way back in the fall of '67.
Micke
If you follow the link to the WordPress blog, it has a link to the Vemia Auction.
If you look at the asking price, and then use Google for the currency conversion, then yes, a fortune it is 
13,000 British pounds = 20,014.8 U.S. dollars
Wow, that belongs in a musium. I hope whomever buys it will actually make music with it.
They might, if they can keep the 901s in tune.
But yes, much better that it goes to a musician than to a museum. The same for any instrument, so long as it’s in working order. It’ll be interesting to know who this does go to in the end.
Visually,that looks much nicer than the original photos with those strange knobs and the labels on them. I remember seeing photos of that system some time ago. Nice to see it in restored condition. Wonder what they used to clean and polish the face plates? The aluminum looks brighter than when they were new. And that anodized black is tricky to clean.
AFAIK, the current bid is only 50GBP higher than opening bid, with the auction set to close on Saturday. Of course, there are still two days left, so anything can happen. But with all the interest concerning instruments of this provenance, and the seemingly lackluster activity here, I wonder if this could be an example of the “vintage” concept possibly bottoming out.
Any thoughts out there?
Well if you compare the Vintage Guitar Magazine bluebook 2010 against 2009, you’ll find that vintage values went DOWN in 2010.