<div dir="auto">I was mistaken.  Fahlman got $190,000 for the "smiley".<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/pennsylvania/articles/meet-scott-fahlman-the-guy-who-created-the-first-emoticon/">https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/pennsylvania/articles/meet-scott-fahlman-the-guy-who-created-the-first-emoticon/</a><br><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div></div></div>