I expect there are people out there who were in the right place at the right time when the company they work for was decommissioning some IA64 kit, and got it f

I expect there are people out there who were in the right place at the right time when the company they work for was decommissioning some IA64 kit, and got it for nothing or close to. So there will be at least some hobbyists who haven't paid silly money. Because of the niche it ended up in, and how small that niche was, you either get the kit for very little that way or a lot by buying it from someone who got it that way, there is not much in between.