“A huge collection of Apple Macs, dating to the tech giant’s early years, is offered at Roland Auctions,” Paul Fraser Collectibles reports.
“All originate from the collection of the famous New York based Apple retailer and repair shop Tekserve, which recently closed its doors after close to 30 years in business,” PFC reports. “The auction house comments: ‘Apple computer aficionados, technology collectors, and dedicated patrons alike will vie for some familiar (and many never before seen) items from the iconic store’s permanent collection.'”
“These will include a single lot of 35 Macintosh computers including a first generation signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak, an original iMac and a 1994 iBook,” PFC reports. “It’s expected to realise $12,000-14,000 on August 23.”
“The sale will feature a wealth of other rare technology from Tekserve’s archives, including radios, typewriters and even a robot,” PFC reports. “The company’s five cent Coca-Cola machine is also up for grabs.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: More info, and to register for the auction and bid on items, here.
SEE ALSO:
Tekserve, precursor to the Apple Store, to close after 29 years – June 30, 2016
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “David” for the heads up.]
More likely than not, I have put my hands to each and every one of those models, at one time or another.
Good memories. Glad they are memories.
I’m almost embarrassed to admit how many of those mac’s I’ve used extensively, and I’m talking about the top two rows.
While that IS quite the collection. I have my own collection, little as it may be, as I still have every Mac computer I have purchased. #ImaHoarderOfTheGoodStuff
When your humble commenter used to go to the Apple Xpos’ here in London, all the demonstration machines flew like sh*t off a chrome shovel — maxed out with full capacity RAM in the latest top model.
These machines were an amazing sight to behold.
We knew how much buying an identical set-up would cost and would look on in envy. Rendering 3D models in near real-time, large format printing, Photoshop™ taking seconds to boot (instead of a minute), and so on.
Assuming these examples at auction are equally equipped, and all still work, they deserve to fetch the amount quoted.
Personally, I think — after I’m gone — my kit will be bequeathed to the Mac Museum.
That will be no problem for my wife.
Damn it.
1994 iBook? I dont get it…
Me neither… A ’94 iBook would have been a PowerBook 520c or 540c… I don’t recall an iBook…
The Newton with a keyboard was called an e-Book, but I think that didn’t come out until 1996 or ’98.
There were brightly colored lap tops that followed the original brightly colored iMacs.
Don’t recall what they were called.
The first iBook was released in 1999. I got one – my first notebook computer. That thing was durable as hell; I often carried it by just the built-in handle and occasionally dropped it with no damage. Either the author is just calling “iBook” any notebook computer made by Apple, or he has a typo in the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook
The Newton with a keyboard was an eMate, around 1998.
I’m more interested in buying a machine from the new product selection. Hoping that auction happens soon.
I don’t know if $12000 is cheap for a museum worthy collection or expensive for a pile of old junk.
Drool!
And in case anyone is interested, the collection went for $47,000 + a 25% buyer’s premium. It was sitting at $29k until late afternoon on the day the auction ended.