5 Oct
2003
5 Oct
'03
3:18 p.m.
Thats VERY true, in fact the boom-times were killing a lot of us game
collectors, the prices of arcade machines and other items just went
ballistic, things have settled down to more reasonale figures, though I
wouldn't mind seeing them a bit lower ;-)
Curt
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From: "TeoZ" <teoz(a)neo.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Used Atari 2600 Game Cartridge goes for over $70
Its (almost) funny how much people will pay for an
item when they have
money burning a hole in their pockets, and how much they will let things
go
for when they dont. I think the economy going down the
last few years has
killed alot of the "rare" retro gaming market, or maybe the fad is over. I
personally like huge fads like this because while the prices rise
everybody
digs the rare items out of the attic, and when it
falls you can get the
items for very little money (for the long term collector). Its when the
prices for items are too low that everything just gets tossed and the
collectors have a hard time finding things. Personally I would rather buy
a
few upright early arcade machines then 1 atari cart I
would never play for
$1k.
Actually Chase the Chuckwagon is (well... was)
considered to be one the
"holey grails" of collecting and used to fetch upwards of $300-$500
several
years ago I recall one or two going for as high
as $1000 at one point,
they
are a little more common in collecting circles
and quite frankly, a
cartridge of that quality label going for only $70 is actually a steal.
Around $100-$125 is the going rate
Curt