Restoring iPhone 2g 8gb without SIM card

I recently changed over to the 3G iPhone and am going to sell my 2g. I took the SIM card out of it before I restored it, which may have been a mistake. Now it won't let me get to the main screen of the iPhone without activating the service through AT&T again. I don't want to do this, because my service is already activated through AT&T on my 3G. Is it fine to sell like this without a sim card? Or what do I need to do to get things back to the way they were?

Need a sim in the iPhone. It does not have to be an
active sim; but if the iPhone is locked to a wireless
provider, the sim does have to be from that wireless provider.

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