I'm a mild collector, I have pretty much all US based consoles, not all, but most and several carts /peices of software for them all. As a early computer user I kept my game and treated them like they where gold (that old media needed to almost be treated that way to keep working sometimes). I never kept boxes becuase of the collectability, i kpet them as they where easy way to store whatever i bought. I still have tons of early PC games, many in the orginal Baggies (ok i think i may have about 15 or so like that). And did love the wierd boxes.. or nick nacks. I have several old game siwth Lead figures (seems like for a time that was kinda the thing to do). Once I got to the AMIGA and new PC's i kinda lost interest. I had a closet full of boxes and games from about 89-94 I just gave away about 2002 ish.. and I kept some of the better stuff till about 3 years ago when it all went too. I "kinda" regret it.
My real passion was comic books and I have a SMall comic store sized collection. All in bags all kept dry and in prestine condition. BUT!!! I read every friggin one of them, carefull not to get my oily fingers all over them.. but I never went "uber carefull" im sure some have oil form my hands and will show it someday. I did swap all my backboards out in the mid 90's when it was decided the original comic boards where not long term and could cuase issues.. i think it took me about a month to do and about $200.. (plenty of time spent reading when I did it). I alos have alot of RARE comics I picked up at garage sales and such.. I have some amazing ones such as Fantastic Four #1... , Amazing Spiderman #1 and severl others that are quite valuble.. all picked up when you cold still hit a garage sale and buy 100 comics for $5. back in the mid 90's my FF #1 in great shape (VVG) was about $11,000... mine is not perfect but is very good.. I havent priced it recently bu I know when the comic slump was on it was down in the $6-7000 range.. I imagin with comic mopvies doing ok and comics making a come back, its went up again some..
errr way off .. I never bought any to sell, as stated, i bought to collect. I DID NOT buy them to share, is that bad? I just cant trust pople to not damage them, even if its an accident. I DID BUY each and every one to read, but with that said when the COMIC boom cam in the late 80's i was fully aware of it and I bought (like a selling collector) several issues of certian stuff.. I have 5 #1 of TMNT, and many more from that area.. I kep tht practic up til the mid 90's when i releized I would never sell them iven when i had multipul copies.. so what was the point.. 30 years of collecting and I sold one set of comics ever.. When Valiant (90's version) started up they had a hero called Magnus, Robot Fighter (valiants Flagship title that alos introduced all its off shoot comics) I had 5 issues of 1-20 many wich included new heros that ogt there own comics. I sold one set for $240 (its value at the time was about $280)... ithe sets are not worth crap today.. but I'm almost sorry I sold it.. the only COMIC book i have ever sold.
I think a true collector loves the piece he collects, yet he also see's past its intended value. I know comics have value, I know I love to read them.. and when I look at them , pull them out of a bag and read them.. I think I relive a time in my life when things where simple/good and I feel a little bit of it again.. And selling them is almost a bit like selling a part of my past... I just dont want to do it.
there is something to be said when you show sombody else who loves the stuff too, it is fun to share then, and but that is the problem.. share means potential damage. I think Games should be shared in a "copied" state. That is where it gets tricky. Old games whre not sold like games today, so with so many copies destoryed, there just arent enouhg to go around so others can actually play them. If GOG can ever reach back to the OLD stuff.. as in really old.. maybe.. but for now.. I cant see shareing them..
I'm a mild collector, I have pretty much all US based consoles, not all, but most and several carts /peices of software for them all. As a early computer user I kept my game and treated them like they where gold (that old media needed to almost be treated that way to keep working sometimes). I never kept boxes becuase of the collectability, i kpet them as they where easy way to store whatever i bought. I still have tons of early PC games, many in the orginal Baggies (ok i think i may have about 15 or so like that). And did love the wierd boxes.. or nick nacks. I have several old game siwth Lead figures (seems like for a time that was kinda the thing to do). Once I got to the AMIGA and new PC's i kinda lost interest. I had a closet full of boxes and games from about 89-94 I just gave away about 2002 ish.. and I kept some of the better stuff till about 3 years ago when it all went too. I "kinda" regret it.
My real passion was comic books and I have a SMall comic store sized collection. All in bags all kept dry and in prestine condition. BUT!!! I read every friggin one of them, carefull not to get my oily fingers all over them.. but I never went "uber carefull" im sure some have oil form my hands and will show it someday. I did swap all my backboards out in the mid 90's when it was decided the original comic boards where not long term and could cuase issues.. i think it took me about a month to do and about $200.. (plenty of time spent reading when I did it). I alos have alot of RARE comics I picked up at garage sales and such.. I have some amazing ones such as Fantastic Four #1... , Amazing Spiderman #1 and severl others that are quite valuble.. all picked up when you cold still hit a garage sale and buy 100 comics for $5. back in the mid 90's my FF #1 in great shape (VVG) was about $11,000... mine is not perfect but is very good.. I havent priced it recently bu I know when the comic slump was on it was down in the $6-7000 range.. I imagin with comic mopvies doing ok and comics making a come back, its went up again some..
errr way off .. I never bought any to sell, as stated, i bought to collect. I DID NOT buy them to share, is that bad? I just cant trust pople to not damage them, even if its an accident. I DID BUY each and every one to read, but with that said when the COMIC boom cam in the late 80's i was fully aware of it and I bought (like a selling collector) several issues of certian stuff.. I have 5 #1 of TMNT, and many more from that area.. I kep tht practic up til the mid 90's when i releized I would never sell them iven when i had multipul copies.. so what was the point.. 30 years of collecting and I sold one set of comics ever.. When Valiant (90's version) started up they had a hero called Magnus, Robot Fighter (valiants Flagship title that alos introduced all its off shoot comics) I had 5 issues of 1-20 many wich included new heros that ogt there own comics. I sold one set for $240 (its value at the time was about $280)... ithe sets are not worth crap today.. but I'm almost sorry I sold it.. the only COMIC book i have ever sold.
I think a true collector loves the piece he collects, yet he also see's past its intended value. I know comics have value, I know I love to read them.. and when I look at them , pull them out of a bag and read them.. I think I relive a time in my life when things where simple/good and I feel a little bit of it again.. And selling them is almost a bit like selling a part of my past... I just dont want to do it.
there is something to be said when you show sombody else who loves the stuff too, it is fun to share then, and but that is the problem.. share means potential damage. I think Games should be shared in a "copied" state. That is where it gets tricky. Old games whre not sold like games today, so with so many copies destoryed, there just arent enouhg to go around so others can actually play them. If GOG can ever reach back to the OLD stuff.. as in really old.. maybe.. but for now.. I cant see shareing them..