I am having a hard time equating "history" with a GPU from a now defunct manufacturer (in terms of Nvidia GPUs). The altruistic nature of this eventual transaction is the only redeeming aspect of this affair.
True, but
most rare, items like this have
someone who is interested in it as a collectible item and the reasons are rarely rationally objective to a larger audience.
I have a friend who collects "wrong" sports memorabilia like championship shirts and hats from losing teams and autographed jerseys, hats, etc. signed by the wrong person.
I'm not really the collecting type, but I've long been on a quest to listen to and possess every recording of Mahler's 1st in existence. And I have a chunk of the Volksgerichtshof, obtained by my grandfather (who was an American lawyer) in 1945. He later worked on war trials.
I can totally see someone being interested in EVGA's last GPU. There's a market -- a six-figure market -- for the NES cartridge of Nintendo World Championships, after all.