Secret Key to CIA’s Kryptos Code Finally Cracked—And It’s Going Up for Auction!
In fact, he was receiving so many guesses and pleas for clues that he started charging a $50 fee for replies. And now, he’ll just sell the entire answer to one person and be done with the whole thing.
“I no longer have the physical, mental or financial resources to maintain the 97-character K4 code section of my sculpture and continue my other projects,” Sanborn wrote in an open letter explaining his decision to sell the secret.
Sanborn hopes that the new owner will opt to keep the answer a secret, but ultimately, it will be up to that person to decide.
“The ideal outcome would be for the winner to become a guardian of the secret, not its revealer,” said Bobby Livingston, the executive vice president of RR Auction, which is organizing the sale.
Along with the answer, the winner of the auction will receive a signed letter from Scheidt, a 12-by-18 inch copper maquette submitted as a sample of the sculpture to the CIA in 1988, archival photographs of the art piece’s creation, the original dedication pamphlet, and copies of the coding charts used to develop the codes.
The auction will begin on October 17 and will be open until November 20. Portions of the purchase price will go to support programs for people with disabilities.
After reading about the auction to sell the answer to the K4 code, learn about the solution to the Zodiac Killer’s infamous Z340 cipher. Then, read about the sinister CIA program known as MK-Ultra.
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