Not much has really changed anyway. Bitcoin's PoW provides something of a positive feedback loop. If B has greater hashing power than A, then B effectively gets more funds than A, allowing them to invest in even greater hashing power than A. Laws of economy mean that this is not proportional between the two. E.g. if I have the startup capital to buy 100 GPUs, and you can only buy 1, I can already buy those 100 GPUs at a discount over your single purchase. I also get more reward, so by the time you can buy a 2nd card, I can buy - say - 110. By the time you get to your 10th card and have to deal with the heat, I've got a thousand and with a little extra investment they're churning away in professional racks. ASICs may have expedited things (and one can argue whether that's a good or a bad thing), but it was always going to go this way. I don't know if Satoshi actually hinted at this, or foresaw this, as it truly is now - but you're absolutely right that at least he didn't see supporting the blockchain as something that everybody would be doing.
Back a bit more on-topic.. true, BitFury hardware especially can be difficult to figure out given that a bunch of it was manufactured for large mines (some of the hardware popped up in threads here a few days ago, bought by private individuals off of mine auctions) early on and not so much for retail sales. Still, you should be able to goog some of the more popular completed miners and find a date-ish If not, hopefully some others will be able to get you some values there.