Quoting from John Battelle's book on Google,"...Page set the price at $1.6m, but...

indus on April 16, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why There Aren't More Googles

Quoting from John Battelle's book on Google,"...Page set the price at $1.6m, but Excite CEO Goerge Bell threw Vinod Kholsa out even at $750,000..". That was c.1998.