Interest in going in on a large lot?

[jonschwenn]

At the risk that someone will swoop in and grab it all, I'm curious if anyone is interested in large portions of this collection: https://www.facebook.com/share/1M11kxNCyf/

The asking price is $50k which is a bit of a reach. In my head I think something less than half of that is where it starts to make sense considering it would require renting a truck, processing/cleaning everything, storing, etc.

I'm interested in 15-25% of the items and am local to the seller. He is open to selling larger groups of items, but I am thinking there is more bargaining power in just coming in and saying a dollar amount and his entire "problem" is solved.

[HEADING=2]Vintage Apple Macintosh Museum Collection For Sale[/HEADING]
$50,000  · In stock
Listed in Berwyn, IL

Condition
Used - Good
I've been a collector for 30 years. Had a Mac museum. House was filled with Apple products and displays for years. Time has come to move on. I don't have the space anymore or as much interest as I once did. Bills to pay and life changes mean it's all gotta go.

There is some pretty rare and collectable stuff in here. Not just because they are old and long retired, but personal ties to Apple Computers direct. Also included is an Apple monitor from Rob Janoff himself! The man who created the original Apple logo!

Another ultra rare piece is the working NeXT Cube! Steve Job's predecessor to the Mac Pro's and OSX. With monitor, keyboard, mouse and tons of programs, software, owners manuals, programing books and more.

This collection has something from just about every decade of Apple history from 1984 to 2018.

- every color, flavors, of iMac's including strawberry, lime, tangerine, grape and blueberry
- The two rare special edition iMac's - Dalmatian and Flower Power
- every color of the clamshell iBooks including lime, blueberry, tangerine and graphite
- iMac flat panel, desk lamp, iMac's including the 15" and 21" with speakers, keyboards and mouse
- vintage classic Macintosh computers like the 512, Macintosh Plus and more
- Mac Mini's
- Mac Pro's
- Macintosh Performa
- Power Macintosh G3
- Power Mac G4 - QuickSilver, Mirror Drive Doors, FW 800 Blue & White editions
- PowerMac G4 - Cube
- Power Mac G5
- Macintosh PowerBooks - 100, Duo, 520
- PowerBook G3
- Power Book G4
- Xserve - server
- RARE - Macintosh Portable with carrying case
- Apple Newton eMate
- Apple monitors both green and color
- many original boxes for computers and accessories including iMac's, Classic Mac's and more

Plus loads of software, including original installer CD's, Mac OSX, floppy disk installers, games and more

I worked for Apple for a time and accumulated lots of worker shirts and swag as well, also included.

Lots of parts, accessories, RAM, modules, Motherboards and more also included.

It's all stored in a storage garage facility currently. There is power and lights in the room so you can plug in a try anything out if you want.

Everything was working before packed up and put in storage over last summer.

This is an all for one sale. Perfect for a museum, private collector, reseller or dealer.

Check out the photos and list below. Feel free to ask any questions or pitch an offer.

Originally all these items cost $105,000 just for the computers. Used market is still hot for these items. Current value based on 2025 ebay sales, not asking prices is at $22,050. And that's not including the parts, accessories, service manuals, boxes etc. Open to an offer on it all.

Here is a list of all the big and major things like CPU's: Not included is all the parts, accessories, marketing promo items, boxes or swag.

# Brand Model # Year Display OS Specs Serial # Price New Price Used Condition
1 Apple Mac Pro 1,1 / A1289 2009/2010 N/A 10.6.8 2.66GHz QCX/(1) 640GBHD, (1) 500GBHD,(2) 1TBHD/512 GT120/12GB RAM H09190QQ4PC 2,499 300 Like New
2 Apple Mac Pro 4,1 / A1186 2006/2007 N/A 10.8.2 2.66GHz QX/(1) 160HD, (1) 250HD, (1) 500HD/256 GT7300/32GB RAM G872102PUPZ 2,499 100 Like New
3 Apple MacBook Pro 5,1 / A1286 2008/2009 15.4"-M 10.6.8 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo/ 1TB HD/256 GT9600/8GB RAM W89100S88Q2 1,999 100 Like New
4 Apple MacBook Pro 4,1 / A1260 2008 15.4"-M 10.8.2 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo/ 200GB HD/ 256 GT8600/ 4GB RAM W88140VMYJZ 1,999 150 8 OUTTA 10
5 Apple MacBook Pro 2,2 / A1211 2006/2007 15.4"-M 10.6.8 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo/ 200GB HD/ 128 ATI1600/ 4GB RAM W8721041W0H 2,499 50 6 OUTTA 10
6 Apple MacBook Pro 2,1 / A1212 2006/2007 17.4"-G 10.6.8 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo/ 250GB HD/ 256 ATY1600/ 4GB RAM W8649181W0M 2,799 50 7 OUTTA 10
7 Apple MacBook Pro 8,1 / A1278 2011/2012 13.3"-G 10.6.8 2.3GHz Core i5/ 750GB HD/ 384 Intel HD Graphics/4GB RAM C02FG32UDH2L 1,199 100 Excellent
8 Apple PowerMac G5 7,3 / A1047 2004/2005 N/A 10.5.8 2.0GHz PPC / 250GB HD/ Pci_X/4GB RAM unknown 2,499 300 Very Good
9 Apple PowerMac G5 2005 N/A 10.5.8 unknown unknown 2,499 400 Very Good
10 Apple PowerBook G4 5,2 / A1046 2003/2004 15.2"-M 10.5.8 1GHz/80GB HD/ 64MB ATI Radeon 9600/2GB RAM V735135PNRY 1,999 150 Excellent
11 Apple iBook G4 6,7 / A1133 2005 12.1"-M 10.4.11 1.33GHz/40GB HD/ATI 9550/512MB RAM 4H5495A9SE7 999 150 Very Good
12 Apple iBook G4 6,7 / A1134 2005 14.1"-M unknown 1.33GHz/80GB HD/256 ATI 9550/512MB RAM - Airport Extreme! UV50203FS85 1,299.00 200 Very Good
13 Apple PowerBook G4 5,9 / A1139 2005/2006 17.2"-M unknown 1.67GHz/100GB HD/128 ATI 9700/512 MB RAM W85210PDRJ3 2,400.00 100 Very Good
14 Apple Mac Mini 2005/2010 N/A 10.4 unknown unknown 499 200 Very Good
15 Apple iMac G5 2005/2005 17" 10.2 unknown unknown 1199 100 Very Good
16 Apple PowerMac G4 - mirror 2002/2003 N/A unknown unknown unknown 2499 250 Very Good
17 Apple PowerMac G4 - graphite 1999/2000 N/A unknown unknown unknown 2499 250 Very Good
18 Apple PowerMac G4 - quicksilver 2002/2003 N/A unknown unknown unknown 2299 200 Very Good
19 Apple PowerMac G4 - quicksilver 2000/2001 N/A unknown unknown unknown 2299 200 Very Good
20 Apple PowerMac G5 - iMac 2004/2006 N/A unknown unknown unknown 2499 400 Very Good
21 Apple PowerMac G3 - Blue & White 1999 N/A unknown unknown unknown 1999 300 Very Good
22 Apple iBook - Tangerine 1999/2000 12.1" unknown unknown unknown 1599 400 Very Good
23 Apple iBook - Blueberry 1999/2000 12.1" unknown unknown unknown 1599 400 Very Good
24 Apple iBook - Indigo 2000/2001 12.1" unknown unknown unknown 1499 400 Very Good
25 Apple iBook - Key Lime 2000/2002 12.1" unknown unknown unknown 1499 700 Very Good
26 Apple iBook - Graphite 2000/2003 12.1" unknown unknown unknown 1499 400 Very Good
27 Apple Macintosh Portable 1989/1991 9.8" unknown unknown unknown 6,500.00 600 Very Good
28 Apple Macintosh PowerBook 1?? 1991/1992 9.0" unknown unknown unknown 2,300.00 300 Very Good
29 Apple iMac - Bondi Blue 1998 15" unknown unknown unknown 1299 300 Very Good
30 Apple iMac - Strawberry 1999 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 300 Very Good
31 Apple iMac - Tangerine 1999 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 1000 Very Good
32 Apple iMac - Lime 1999 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 300 Very Good
33 Apple iMac - Grape 1999 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 300 Very Good
34 Apple iMac - Blueberry 1999 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 400 Very Good
35 Apple iMac - Graphite 1999 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 300 Very Good
36 Apple iMac - Snow 2000/2001 15" unknown unknown unknown 1299 1000 Very Good
37 Apple iMac - Sage 2000/2001 15" unknown unknown unknown 1299 400 Very Good
38 Apple iMac - Indigo 2000/2001 15" unknown unknown unknown 1299 300 Very Good
39 Apple iMac - Flower Power 2001 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 600 Very Good
40 Apple iMac - Blue Dalmation 2001 15" unknown unknown unknown 1199 500 Very Good
41 Apple iMac - Flat Panel 2002/2004 15" unknown unknown unknown 1299 300 Very Good
42 Apple iMac - Flat Panel 2003/2004 20" unknown unknown unknown 2199 800 Very Good
43 Apple iMac - Flat Panel 2003 17" unknown unknown unknown 1799 400 Very Good
44 Apple Macintosh 128k 1984/1985 9" unknown unknown unknown 2499 600 Very Good
45 Apple Macintosh 512k 1984/1986 9" unknown unknown unknown 3195 500 Very Good
46 Apple Macintosh Plus 1986/1990 9" unknown unknown unknown 2600 300 Very Good
47 Apple Macintosh Classic 1990/1992 9" unknown unknown unknown 999 600 Very Good
48 NeXT NeXT Cube 1990/1993 17" unknown unknown unknown 7995 3000 Very Good
49 NeXT NeXT Station Turbo 1990/1993 17" unknown unknown unknown 4995 800 Very Good
50 Apple MacMini 2018 N/A 10.14 3.2 Core i7 (32GB RAM, 512GB SSD) Space Gray unknown 799 400 Brand New Sealed
51 Macintosh Macintosh LC Performa 575 1994/1995 14" 8.1 Motorola 68LC040 unknown 1700 400 Good
52 Apple Apple 21" Studio Display Graphite - Rob Janoff's 1999 21" N/A CRT (Trinitron) unknown 1499 1000 Very Good
 105,841 22050

 

[jcm-1]

At the risk of sounding crude: it's worth at most $5,000.

 

[Ron's Computer Videos]

That pile isn't worth $5,000... let alone $50,000.

Anything that hasn't been restored already is worth the amount an eWaste place would charge to haul it off.

 

[jonschwenn]

I get that. The thing driving it up for me is the NeXT stuff and, maybe, I've never seen a good deal on so I assume it's worth what I see them posted at. Whereas I know that a yellowed, scratched-up SE isn't worth $600. Plus, there is the overhead of moving everything and the risk of plastic damage in transport. The value quickly reduces the more you look at it, even though there are some gems.

Maybe that's the real answer. A good majority of the items effectively have a value of $0 when they're sold as a lot (or negative, as he's paying to have it hauled away).

 

[Ron's Computer Videos]

Having to buy a bunch of bad machines at a premium price is a bad deal no matter how you work it.

Save your money, get to VCFMW in 2026 - and buy a NeXT machine there.

You'll literally save thousands.

 

[wottle]

I don't think the list price is actually 50k. He even states the ebay prices add up to $22k. As others have said, it's probably worth more in the $5-8k range, to the right buyer. But it would be someone willing to put in the work to sell each item individually. Because looking at his "used price", I'd say he's overestimating the price by 100% or so. But the whole lot could take in $10k if sold over time. But it would be a massive amount of work, and assuming his non-machine items could also be sold.

As someone who has a much larger collection (although I'm jealous of his Cube), who just listed ~70 items on FB marketplace to get my collection under control, I understand his desire to sell as a package. But if he would individually, he would sell the high demand items quick, and then be left with a bunch of the less desirable machines that would certainly never sell at his prices.