[game_preservation] Ebay auction

[Frank Cifaldi]

Oh sorry Alex, I missed your question.

Actually I'm not sure what you're asking...are you asking for which people
own complete runs of magazines, or are you asking what I'm missing from my
collection or...?


On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Alex Handy <alex at themade.org> wrote:


> 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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