[game_preservation] Ebay auction

[Frank Cifaldi]

Henry, as far as a currently operating places within driving distance of
me, Stanford is at the top of my list for an eventual home for this stuff.


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


>  Hi Frank,

>

> I know that my collection is nowhere near what you have, but I am starting

> to give some of my magazine runs to Stanford.  I hope you will consider

> that as an option, too.

>

> You are right, of course; for historical work, documentation is almost

> always more important to have than a game library. Obviously, we do both

> software preservation and archival work here, but I have to admit that

> acquiring documentation fires me up more.

>

> By the way, regarding the auction - the eBay collection was less than half

> the size of Cabrinety in terms of software, and Cabrinety was a gift.

> Cabrinety also came with platforms, magazines, books, and some archival

> stuff, even some downloaded material and printouts from BBS sites.  We have

> to focus on seeing what we can do to preserve and provide access to what we

> have.  I'd love to see some interesting niche or focused software

> collections come up, but we are probably not in the market for another

> blockbuster.

>

> Henry

>

>

> On 2/8/2013 11:50 AM, Frank Cifaldi 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> 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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