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Gene Roddenberry's Mac Plus Is Coming Up For Auction

Posted by kdawson on from the perfect-storm-of-gadget-lust dept.

Harry writes "In 1986, Apple unveiled one of the most popular Macintoshes ever, the Mac Plus. The company gave the first one (serial number #F4200NUM0001) to Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry. And now this very Mac Plus will go up for auction at a Hollywood collectibles event on October 8th and 9th, complete with a letter of authenticity from Roddenberry's son. The estimated value is only $800-$1200, which seems reasonable enough, given its double historical significance." Any bets on how high the bidding will go?

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  1. Re:Good Piece of History by bennomatic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    10k? This is Gene Roddenberry, man. His fans will pay $10k for a ripped shirt stained with Shatner's sweat. I'll bet this could clear a quarter mil.

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  2. Re:apple needs to restart Star Trek proposal and h by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    apple needs to restart Star Trek proposal and have mac os x for all x86 hardware back then dell the others did not want it (part of the M$ lock in that the killed beos, os/2 and others) now dell and others want it vista is a big bust and linux is ganging ground.

    Wow, and here I thought F. Scott Fitzgerald was dead...

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  3. Re:Good Piece of History by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My guess would be Paul Allen, or a proxy thereof, will sit there bidding until he wins. And it will go for over $120,000, easily.

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  4. Re:Not as originally advertised by Shag · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The upgrade from 128K to Mac Plus spec is actually pretty significant, since the 128K was only supported until MacOS 4 while the Plus was supported until 7.5.5 (which was a pretty decent OS). I suspect this is going to go more to someone who wants it because of the provenance, though, and rarely if ever get used. I hope whoever buys it sets it up to play a slideshow of Trek photos or something.

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  5. Re:I'll bid on it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The auction should be on fanfiction.net, where the folks who would really get some use out of this machine congregate. Except that they're all living at home still. Oh, well...

    Doesn't everyone technically live at home, with home being defined as "where you live"?