Possibly "historic" Macs?

I've got an "elephant's graveyard" of old Macs in my basement. One of them is an original 128K Mac, purchased at retail on Jan 30, 1984. This is the one I opened up and traced the circuitry so I could figure out how to write MacTEP (the first generally-available telecom program for the Mac). While it has a certain sentimental value to me, it's basically just taking up space and collecting dust. I've thought from time to time about putting it on EBay, but unless it were to bring a significant amount, it's not worth it to me.

Does anyone have an opinion on whether this machine's "historic" cachet increases it's value? Is there anywhere besides EBay to sell such a thing, where it's "specialness" might be better appreciated?

Thanks -
- Dennis Brothers

Anonymous Freak said:

I think in the "Apple Collectors" forum, it's taken a little more leniently, simply because older Macs are more likely to end up on eBay than in the Marketplace. Not to mention it could be used for vague ballpark figures for insuring it.

I paid about $300 for a very early 128K in January, no packaging, but with external floppy, numeric keypad, and matching "fat knob" serial cable. To top it off, mine has a serial number that indicates a 1983 manufacture date!

If you bought yours in January 1984, I'd love to see your serial number to see if we have an older one on your hands!

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The guy who complained really surprised me (and thank you to those who understood what I was asking about and came to my defense).

FWIW, the serial number on the machine is F4020YTM0001. The M0001 part is obviously the model number - I don't know how to interpret the rest of it - it certainly can't mean the 20th week of 1984.

I have a couple of other bits of provenance for this machine: copies of a summer '84 Time Magazine article about me, which includes a picture of me using this Mac; and copies of A+ Magazine articles I wrote about software (including MacTEP) I developed on this Mac.

- Dennis