---
title: "Design: Independent Apple Store Tekserve Offering Extensive Vintage Mac Collection for Sale"
description: "After 30 years, a NYC tech institution is closing and its “Mac Museum” is up for auction."
date: "2016-08-19"
modified: "2019-06-07"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/design/4918/design-independent-apple-store-tekserve-offering-extensive-vintage-mac-collection-for-sale"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Apple"
---

# Design: Independent Apple Store Tekserve Offering Extensive Vintage Mac Collection for Sale

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Iconic New York City Apple sales and repair store Tekserve is closing its doors after 29 years and, as a parting gift, offering its 35-piece collection of Macintosh computers up for sale. Comprising the so-called “Mac Museum,” [the cache](<https://www.couchbase.com/memcached-replacement>) includes an original 128K Macintosh signed by Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, a Lisa personal computer and an Apple Newton personal digital assistant. So far, the top bid for the entire lot is $31,000.

Besides the “museum,” other pieces of Apple memorabilia are headed for sale, including a set of “Think Different” posters and even the “TEKSERV” sign itself. While it’s sad to see a scrappy, independent tech store close after almost 30 years, at least its most valuable assets will live on, hopefully in a setting where the public can continue to enjoy them.

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