Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection
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Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection
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#3US$29,000? I think you could probably put that together yourself for quite a bit under that price (including a machine or two signed by Woz...)
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#4This is just heartbreaking.
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#5US$29,000? I think you could probably put that together yourself for quite a bit under that price (including a machine or two signed by Woz...)
Knock yourself out. For a serious collector that's not a lot of money and could save a lot of time in tracking down, vetting, and arranging for transport of the various pieces involved.
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#6This is just heartbreaking.
They had a good run, unlike the Atari ST and Amiga shops that went bust not years after opening.
There was a store here that specialized in Newton hardware which, for a few years, was flying high and could do no wrong. Then the end came and they shuttered the store.
That was heartbreaking. We had a Concorde moment there and we still haven't caught up with it.
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#7Don't forget the 25% (!!) extra fee tacked on to the final price. Definitely not for the bargain hunter.
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#8I can't ID the Macs, because "Apple ][ Forever" people don't dig Macs. I can point out that there is an Apple //e, an Apple //c, a Lisa, and an Apple /// in that lot, none of which are Macs. The NeXT Cube isn't even an Apple.
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#9US$29,000? I think you could probably put that together yourself for quite a bit under that price (including a machine or two signed by Woz...)
You'd be surprised then. There are two things going for it, one it has a lot of machines in it, and two they seem to be in pretty decent shape. You could probably spend the next 3 - 10 years going around garage sales, haunting Craig's list and other auction sites, and put something together. But it will take time and the outcome is uncertain.
Remember there will be seasoned collectors bidding on this bunch, they already know all the places where things like this might be found, and they are still bidding.
Bottom line, unless you're a collector it is hard sometimes to see where the value comes from.
That said, you could try it and perhaps make a quick $5 - $10 thousand? I warn you though, you start and it gets weirdly addictive. I tell you this as someone who owned 63 variations of MicroVAX at one time.
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#10US$29,000? I think you could probably put that together yourself for quite a bit under that price (including a machine or two signed by Woz...)
Knock yourself out. For a serious collector that's not a lot of money and could save a lot of time in tracking down, vetting, and arranging for transport of the various pieces involved.
That and as I notice 'non collectors' are seeing online this is worth something and asking serious $. 5-6 years ago I picked up brilliant 70-80s stuff for next to nothing, now all that shot up to amounts I even do not think it is worth it. This is a good deal but the bidding is not over.