$XXXX specifically isn't likely for that era, at least anytime soon. If it's something rare or unique like the Thinkpad 701 with its butterfly keyboard, then it

$XXXX specifically isn't likely for that era, at least anytime soon. If it's something rare or unique like the Thinkpad 701 with its butterfly keyboard, then it easily can go into hundreds. If they're normal machines in working order, then I wouldn't expect a ton, but many people want them for retro gaming or some other reason like the author does. Even a non-working machine has parts some people might want. I have a couple of working, but worse for wear machines with sentimental value that I've been trying keep an eye out for non-working counterparts to salvage and for spare parts. One of them is actually a Thinkpad 240 that's close to the 240x author got.