A repairable VivaScope 1500 system includes seller-confirmed VivaCam and TruTouch monitor hardware, but the hard drive and operating system are missing, software/restoration is unresolved, and the $100 closing high / winning-bid observation leaves no meaningful blind headroom.
The auction bid ceiling supported by this analysis, if one is defensible; see costs below for buyer-premium treatment.
Why this decision
BUY only at approximately the $100 blind ceiling: the detailed bid-history observation is at that ceiling, and higher freight, software recovery, or specialist-service cost can move the result to SKIP.
See costs and maximum bid for the displayed assumptions and buyer-premium treatment.
GSA Auctions sale 1-1-QSC-I-26-278, lot 049 · Ann Arbor, Michigan
Snapshot observed August 29, 2026
Scheduled close August 10, 2026
Analysis prepared August 29, 2026
Published August 29, 2026 · page updated August 29, 2026
Prepared and published by Oleksii Udod for LotCaliper.
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Auction snapshot
Detailed bid history records one $100 closing high / winning-bid observation on August 10, 2026. Blank summary cards do not override that more specific record, and it does not prove award, payment, or removal.
Sophisticated imaging hardware is not a complete usable system when its digital workflow, repair state, software, and service path are unresolved.
Independent review not recorded for this legacy analysis. No corrections recorded.
Independent review not recorded
Published before the current independent-review gate; no completed independent review is recorded.
How independent review worksSeller facts, photo-derived observations, manufacturer context, unknowns, and LotCaliper assumptions remain explicitly separated.
Source Confirmed
Photo Derived
Not Established
Manufacturer Context
Lotcaliper Assumption
Laboratory · quantity 1
Identity confidence: High
Seller identifies a VivaScope 1500 and photographs show VivaScope 1500 branding.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed August 29, 2026
Confirmed · High confidence
Seller explicitly includes the VivaCam and TruTouch monitor; both are visible.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed August 29, 2026
Possible · Medium High confidence
The mobile workstation/cart is pictured but its individual subcomponents are not seller-enumerated.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed August 29, 2026
Seller excluded · High confidence
Seller explicitly states no hard drive or operating system is included.
GSA Auctions · Text · observed August 29, 2026
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Auction evidence does not establish a legitimate software or relicensing path.
GSA Auctions · Text · observed August 29, 2026
As-is / repair risk
Evidence confidence: High
Seller condition statement, paraphrased.
GSA Auctions · Text · observed August 29, 2026
Untested
Evidence confidence: High
Supplied photographs provide physical observations only.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed August 29, 2026
Market evidence strength
Low Medium
Public auditability
Limited Legacy
Evidence recency
Not Recorded
No structured comparable-evidence metadata was preserved for this dated snapshot. Public auditability is limited; the numeric resale snapshot cannot be independently audited from comparable records on this page.
Legacy evidence counts were not preserved. Unknown is not reported as zero.
Survives
The published decision survives the selected downside check under the stated bounded assumptions.
At the preserved $100 closing high / winning-bid observation, modeled profit is about $525 and ROI about 32.8%. It is not a proven completed sale.
| Transaction / operating cost | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Selling Fees | $375 | LotCaliper assumption: 15% of modeled gross resale. |
| Shipping | $500 | LotCaliper pickup, packing, rigging, and inbound-logistics reserve; not a carrier or GSA quote. |
| Testing Repair Reserve | $400 | LotCaliper functional-test and diagnostic reserve. |
| Risk Buffer | $600 | HDD/OS, software, recommissioning, repairable condition, specialist service, and return-risk exposure. |
Profit floor: $125
ROI floor: $135
Binding: Profit floor
This is a reseller ceiling, not a prediction of the auction's closing price. Any buyer premium or other unquoted acquisition charge must be deducted before bidding.
Sparse used evidence is primarily asking-price context, while historical new-equipment price is not used-market value. The blind model remains below the thin used asking evidence because the hard drive, OS, software, repair scope, and function are unresolved.
A meaningful restoration requires a supported storage/OS path, legitimate VivaScan software, instrument communication, scan-head/stage and laser operation, image acquisition, VivaCam integration, and specialist service context.
Snapshot decision
BUYBUY only at approximately the $100 blind ceiling: the detailed bid-history observation is at that ceiling, and higher freight, software recovery, or specialist-service cost can move the result to SKIP.
Market support assesses how well the available evidence supports the resale assumption. Exact third-party marketplace records may be omitted when source-use rights are unclear. Each dimension uses the published methodology rubric; a confidence label measures the strength and boundedness of its evidence, not the likelihood of a profitable outcome.
High · Storage Media Removed
The physical imaging system is not thereby a complete operational workflow.
High · Software License Unverified
Software operates the hardware and manages acquisition workflow.
High · Repairable Condition
No reason or functional test is supplied.
High · Clinical Readiness Unverified
A biomedical label due April 2026 is provenance only, not a passed inspection.
Official public provenance for auction facts; no unverified direct item URL is invented.
Official system, optical, VivaCam, and monitor context; linked and paraphrased.
Official VivaScope and VivaScan workflow context; linked and paraphrased.
