[game_preservation] Ebay auction

[Alex Handy]

Hey guys. Frank, the reason I asked for some kind of tally sheet it to
figure out what's missing. We have a number of sections of magazine,
but no complete runs. I would love to help fill in gaps for you if I
knew what was missing.

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>    Film & Media Collections

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Alex Handy
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