[game_preservation] Ebay auction

[Benj Edwards]

I have a ton of old game magazines (similar to that auction that Frank 
posted) that I am thinking about getting rid of to make some room.  Have 
any ideas who might want them?

Benj

On 2/8/2013 3:28 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:

> VERY excited to hear about that, Frank! It's a real pain to track down 

> some of the old magazines. I've gone through the magazine sharing 

> sites to find particular issues, but it's hard work, and the 

> collections are incomplete. One thing I was trying to find was old 

> Japanese magazines. Do you know of any collectors with Famitsus and 

> other magazines from the 80s and early 90s?

>

>

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com 

> <mailto:fcifaldi at gmail.com>> wrote:

>

>     On that subject, I just put a group together to buy this really

>     amazing collection of U.S. console magazines to donate to the

>     Library of Congress' video game archive:

>

>     http://www.ebay.com/itm/360579773880?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

>

>     As someone who collects print material, I can tell you how

>     near-impossible it would be to replicate this set (after more than

>     10 years, even I don't have some of these issues).

>

>     All of these are also at the Strong, this set will live at the LoC

>     campus in Culpeper, VA and my private collection will live

>     somewhere on the west coast when I find the right fit. I know

>     people tend to get more excited over the actual games, but as

>     someone who actually studies game history actively, these

>     magazines are FAR more priceless, so I'm super stoked that these

>     are safe and in the right hands.

>

>

>     On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Alex Handy <alex at themade.org

>     <mailto:alex at themade.org>> wrote:

>

>         http://www.ebay.com/itm/OVER-30-years-of-VIDEOGAMES-COLLECTION-The-story-of-VideoGames-/121062811693

>

>         So, who's gonna contact this guy when the auction fails?

>

>         Henry? I don't think the MADE has room for all of this anyway.

>

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