#tekserve

Home for Thanksgiving and I find that my Dad has taken up laptop repair.

Macintosh building up for bargain For a bald $47,000, an alien applicant with a affection for tech history bought a attenuate accumulating of 35 Apple computers in an online bargain Tuesday. There s aboriginal Apple Lisa, a NeXTcube, and a 1984 Macintosh active by Apple (AAPL , Tech30) cofounder and Dancing with the Stars adversary Steve Wozniak. The computers fabricated up the Mac Museum, which was proudly displayed for years at Manhattan s afresh shuttered Apple centermost Tekserve. At 29 years old, Tekserve was one of the aboriginal Apple retail and adjustment shops. It was advance RAM and affairs PowerBooks continued afore Apple opened its own abundance and advice adverse (the humbly called Genius Bar). Related: Inside Apple s ultra avant-garde World Trade Centermost abundance In June, Tekserve appear it was closing up shop. The Chelsea fixture s adept barter had a home to go to: any of the seven Apple Stores in the New York City. But its absolute accumulating of old computers, best machines, pop ability ephemera, and archetypal Apple posters did not. Founders Dick Demenus and David Lerner absitively to action them to accurate fans. I d like to see it go to bodies who acknowledge it. The best way I could see to do that would be to accept an auction, said Demenus. The bargain clearly started Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. ET at liveauctioneers.com. The Mac Building was the auction s acme jewel, but there are affluence of added Apple-related aliment from Tekserve s collection. An aboriginal Mac with its accustomed case started at $150. A camp attractive broiled Mac is additionally available, as able-bodied as Think Different posters with Jim Henson or Miles Davis. Related: Apple ups China bet with aboriginal analysis and development centermost Old radios, cameras and microphones are additionally included in the auction. If you ve consistently capital a best Coca-Cola automat apparatus or buzz booth, this is your chance. And there are affluence of accidental little items like miniature toy motorcycles and a anachronistic starfish. The ascendance of Apple Stores may accept fabricated absolute shops like Tekserve obsolete, but that doesn t beggarly they will anytime absolutely alter them. The Apple Store, aggregate is new and agleam and attractive to the approaching and they don t attending back, said Demenus. (San Francisco) Aboriginal appear August 22, 2016: 9:47 PM ET

#tekserve NO MORE! Wow can't believe this place is #closed, where will I go now? #nycinstitution #gone #satc #macworld #help #nyc #streetart #graffiti (at Tekserve)

Tekserve 119 west 23rd street Manhattan. 1987 - August 2016.

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A few more items from the #tekserve #auction including the sign! https://new.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/92045_the-tekserve-collection #nyc #technology #gear #apple #macintosh

Beloved #nyc #apple repair shop #tekserve closed and is auctioning items from its Mac Museum. #computer #macintosh #gear #technology