Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000

[william degnan]

what do you think the JOLT that the original Atari 2600 prototype was made
from would sell for?

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Jason Scott <jason at textfiles.com> wrote:

> There are some really, really, really pedantic Atari people who may correct
> you on some of the details. Regardless, this is an extraordinarily silly
> situation, akin to selling cut up squares of blankets from hotel rooms The
> Beatles stayed in. I don't think it's wise to derive any conclusion or
> insight into the whole situation.
>
> As for authenticity, assume every single one is fake unless you
> particularly dug it out of the earth.
> On Aug 30, 2015 5:13 AM, "Johnny Billquist" <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
>
> > On 2015-08-30 03:48, drlegendre . wrote:
> >
> >> Have the prices for 2600 E.T. carts climbed over the years, or is these
> >> buyers paying a premium to own a "Genuine landfill ATARI E.T. game,
> >> complete with certificate of authenticity" etc.?
> >>
> >> Thing is, the article mentions only a few hundred carts. Rumor had it
> that
> >> many thousands of carts were dumped, and realistically, such an
> operation
> >> would never have been worth the while to dispose of only a few hundred,
> or
> >> maybe a couple thousand carts.
> >>
> >> Volumes like that could easily be crushed & ground-up. No need to drag
> >> equipment out to the middle of the desert, just to dump a few hundred
> >> pounds of junk.
> >>
> >
> > They (Atari) dumped/crushed approximately 700.000 games in the landfill.
> > They (interested people) recently excavated a small part, and recovered a
> > few hundred games. This is not related to how many were in there. Much
> was
> > rubble, and most was not excavated.
> > It was decided to auction off some of the games recovered to benefit the
> > local town in Mexico, if I remember right.
> >
> >         Johnny
> >
> >
> >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was surprised to see the average cart price to be over $120!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/29/sales-unearthed-atari-games-total-more-than-100000/?intcmp=hpbt4
> >>>
> >>> Lyle
> >>> --
> >>> Lyle Bickley
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> >>> http://bickleywest.com
> >>> "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > --
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>



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