Sold on eBay: New-in-box Apple II, Never Opened
With PCs for sale well under $1,000, nowadays $2,600 would be
considered an expensive computer. But what if it's a unopened, new in
the box (NIB), vintage Apple IIc? What would you pay for that?
Though bidding on vintage computers can often start as low as $1, this Apple IIc from what was then called Apple Computer Inc. was more valuable: It was still in the original packaging and had never been opened.
"When this auction came along, I knew I had to have it," Budiac said in an interview. "The prospect of unboxing a mint, 20-year-old computer was simply too good to pass up."
Though bidding on vintage computers can often start as low as $1, this Apple IIc from what was then called Apple Computer Inc. was more valuable: It was still in the original packaging and had never been opened.
"When this auction came along, I knew I had to have it," Budiac said in an interview. "The prospect of unboxing a mint, 20-year-old computer was simply too good to pass up."
Yes, collectors: for those of you who are really serious about collecting, Budiac committed the ultimate evil: he opened the box. However, as he said on his Flickr page showing the unboxing, he's never going to give it up anyway, so why not?
