Sounds like a liquidation lot.
Your best method is to test everything and sell tasted working components. A tower unit with a 486 DX4 120 and cx-Z6890 can fetch thousands on ebay if it’s all working and has completely utilised compatible cards. They’re semi-custom programmers units that run 68k and x86 code natively AND in parallel.
On the other hand a DOA IBM or DEC 486 25 or 33 will get you $20 or less. That’s less than the processor alone is worth in scrap.
Honestly, if you’re not looking to test stuff and DON’T want to scrap them yourself you have two or three options. Ebay is great. List the whole lot as local pickup or buyer schedules freight. Ebay has a vast clientele looking for just that kind of stuff, myself included.
If you don’t mind snapping photos OfferUp is great. Post a picture and a price and wait for people to message you. Others swear by competing apps like let it go etc. But programs like this it isn’t sold just because someone comes to look. Buyers have no obligation to complete a purchase like they do on ebay and back-outs are common.
Call a liquidator. Some will buy it outright, others will sell it for you. Do find one that specialises in electronics. If the guy walks in and says oh kool old computers. Say thanks for coming have a nice day. If he/she walks in and says wow is that a pyramid 486 turbo? You got a good one.
If you’re in the Lake Michigan area, northern Indiana, norther Illinois, Wisconsin, lower Michigan: You can always email me. I may or may not buy it from you but I’d probably take a ride out to look and at least point you to someone locally if not myself. Depending on what you have.
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