Egghead.com - Famous Dot Com gets scrambled in Bankruptcy

Beautifully engraved Certificate from the Egghead.com . This historic document was printed by the United States Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the company's name. This item has the printed signatures of the company's officers and is truely representative of the Dot Com Era.


Certificate Vignette

Egghead.com was a leading Internet direct marketer of technology and related products. With an emphasis on Small- to Medium-sized Business (SMB) customers, Egghead.com offered a wide range of products from computer hardware and software, consumer electronics and office products, to sporting goods and vacation packages. Its Clearance, After Work and Auction formats offered bargains on excess and closeout goods and services. Egghead.com combined broad selection, low prices, and excellent service to provide an outstanding online shopping experience for businesses and consumers so they said on their website.

MENLO PARK, Calif., August 15th, 2001 Egghead.com a leading Internet direct marketer of technology and related products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of assets to Fry's Electronics. The agreement provides for consummation of the sale through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Egghead.com will continue to operate its business under Bankruptcy Court supervision pending close of the sale; thereafter Fry's is expected to operate the Egghead.com site. Fry's Electronics is a privately held chain of one-stop electronics shopping superstores based in San Jose, CA.