[game_preservation] Another massive game collection sold at auction

[Jason Scott]

Well, we all know the price is what people are willing to pay. One could
argue the ability to go from "zero" to "huge collection" might be of
interest to various parties, and the added premium is essentially a
"finder's fee".


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I heard about the auction, yeah, but I don't know who bought it.
>
> I discussed it with some collectors and dealers, and we all agree that
> $750k is more than that stuff's actually worth, so my assumption is that
> either this is going to someone who wants the prestige of having "The
> Guinness Collection" or the bids are fake...
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Another massive game collection was sold at auction for $750,000. I
>> wonder if this is going in a private collection or what. Did anyone hear
>> about this?
>>
>>
>> http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/17/worlds-largest-game-collection-draws-over-750k-at-auction/
>>
>> BTW, since a lot of the group is in Australia for the preservation
>> conference, I hope there will be a summary posted sometime so we can hear
>> about what happened.
>>
>> I am in Montreal next week for the game history conference; can post here
>> a summary of that.
>>
>> --
>> Devin Monnens
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