I answered a local CL ad advertising a old Macintosh for just a few bucks. What she had in the trunk of her car, when I picked it up, has never been used...









The monitor was not in a box, but still had plastic around the power cable. My big question, am I gaining anything by leaving it all in the boxes? The boxes smell awful (I think a cat peed on boxes), and will keeping the computer in the plastic make it that much more valuable in the long run (i.e. capacitors/batteries leaking, etc.)? I picked up a 9600 brand in the box last year for $60, and had planned on keeping it mint in box...but slowly realizing that is absolutely no fun, I want them on display and running.

What do the professional collector's on here think?

Thanks.