[game_preservation] Ebay auction

[Alex Handy]

Well both, kinda. What institutions have what complete runs now? What
institutions have runs with a few missing issues? I figure exact lists of
missing issues aren't likely, but if we can figure something out, as I
said, we have a number of yearly runs of certain mags, and lots of older
stuff like Antic and Start.

We also have a lot of GamePro, of course.
On Feb 9, 2013 4:24 PM, "Frank Cifaldi" <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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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