It is interesting that that specific one is still listed at it's lander as available for sale for $25,795. It does seem strange to ask so much, but not try something intermediate before letting it drop. Clearly it would have sold for some worthwhile price. Unless of course there is one of the factors mentioned at start - death, illness, personal emergency, bankruptcy, etc.
This is what they say about why they got this domain name"
"Get On The Web Limited some years ago registered for its websites, portals and projects a number of generic domain names (including this one), which are now no longer required. We are offering for sale the domain name FTHC(.)COM"