The other thread about this says it sold for 11.5m.
It depends on what bitcoin is currently worth, no? So it's 12 million now, 18 million in an hour or so and 5 USD 50 cents in 4 weeks.
You're greatly exaggerating Bitcoin's volatility.
Actually I'm not. With Mt Gox not sending out any withdrawals for weeks now and them trying to claw back withdrawals that have already happened, with Robot Ver completely failing to meet his sales targets, with Avalon not delivering for weeks, with Bitinstant shutting down, where do you think BTC will be in 4 weeks?
I think you overstate the effect of those events.
Robot Ver - I don't even know who they are, what they do
Avalon - doesn't really matter, they had limited supplies since they started (300pcs for batch 1?). There are competition though with BFL, asicminer and the other new companies developing asics so the future is bright.
Bitinstant - again, it affects only a portion of bitcoin users