Scavenger: Gold Plated Macbook for $5,000 Boston

Scavenger: Gold Plated Macbook for $5,000
Boston

What the... a gold Macbook? We're not suggesting anyone buy it, but we'd never even heard of one. A post that Sonia at Unpluggd wrote here talks about a company called Computer Choppers, which apparently custom-plates Macs in 24kt gold, maybe this is one of theirs. You'd think that for this price the seller would have bothered to charge it up and test it, but apparently not — although since they "found it after cleaning the stage area of a Boston club", maybe it has Stephen Tyler's home number on it. We also found a Danish looking bureau, set of Arne Jacobsen Series 7 Chairs, some bentwood Thonet chairs, a Norman Cherner Plycraft side chair, and for those of you who lusted after Martha's Vintage Sink in Kyle's post about Hanging Sink Curtains.. here's a similar sink for only $80. Click to see these any more finds after the jump.

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OTHER GOOD STUFF

Norman Cherner Plycraft Side Chair for $125

Danish Modern-Looking Dark Wood Bureau for $50

Herman Miller padded side chair for $50

3 Bentwood Thonet Chairs (1960's) for $75/ea.

Kik-Step Rolling Step Stool for $40

Crate & Barrel Display Coffee Table for $350

4 dark grey indoor/outdoor Bellini chairs (Heller) for $140/all

Black Leather Cassina Cab Chair for $550

4 Arne Jacobsen Series 7 Chairs (Fritz Hansen) for $100/ea.

Alvar Aalto white/beech barstool for $200

West Elm Taksin Tile Rug 9x12 for $300

Library Card File Cabinet for $250

Cisco Brothers Sustainable, FSC Certified sofa for $600

Thanks, Craig!

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Comments (4)

That gold-plated Mac sounds VERY sketch. They want $5000 but they can't be bothered to test it? Sounds to me like they already did.

posted by thatjessicagirl on April 13th 2009 at 11:14am
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Best Scavenger post....EVER!

posted by Kathryn on April 13th 2009 at 11:30am
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I think the seller of that Mac is hinting that a gold-plated Mac found in a night-club may contain some very interesting files on its hard drive. And by saying that the battery is dead and the seller doesn't have a charger, the sellers are suggesting that they are not privy to the supposedly sensitive or confidential info. (When in fact they may well have taken a good, long look at it).

Then again, if the Mac does not contain any interesting data, then the sellers never said that it did, so they can't be accused of failing to deliver.

posted by flipper on April 13th 2009 at 11:34am
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Here's a great reader rehab of some bentwood Thonet chairs just like the ones above: http://stylenorth.ca/blog/2009/03/reader-makeover-vintage-thonet-chairs/

posted by ChrisToronto on April 14th 2009 at 6:50am
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