OriginalPSP Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Big trash rescue locally. An old high school friend of mine that I haven't seen in 20 years found boxes with hundreds upon hundreds of vintage video game boxes, stored for 30 years. Atari 2600, 5200, ColecoVision, Vic-20 and some more.... most of them stored flat but totally mint and a great number of uncommon and rares among them, especially for the CV and 5200. Going to start putting up for grabs though uncertain of the best way to go about it. Not sure how to price boxes but recognize how hard it is to find some, especially for rares. Facebook groups? eBay? Here? Thoughts? If there's anything for the 2600, 5200, ColecoVision, Vic-20, TI 99/4a, Aquarius you need box-wise, let me know and I'll see if it is in here. I haven't cataloged them all yet... will take a full day or more to do so. Here are a few quick pics snapped in my quick run through it all last night. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Welcome on AtariAge Patrick Awesome treasure of boxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAirhart Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Got a Mr Do's Castle box in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Please, my friends call me Scott. AAirhart... yes, I do.... one for the 2600 and one, I believe, for the ColecoVision as well. To answer some of the private messages, btw... I am not selling it as a lot nor any sections as a lot except maybe the Vic-20 and some of the TI stuff, as I'm not sure if either has a huge collector's community out there. I'm taking my time on this find and weighing my options. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 You'll get a ton of interest on here or on eBay. I know that I'd be interested in both Qubes boxes and probably lots of others. Someone obviously took a lot of time to collect and store them. I wonder how they ended up being tossed out. What part of the country are you in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 My old buddy works for the city in my old hometown (Dallas area). He found them curbside on a maintenance and trash pick up day and called me. He asked some questions of the old woman who lived there. They belonged to her late husband, who died in the 80s. These were in the attic and I guess she finally decided to let them go or just now found them. From what I could tell while looking through them, and the many super clearance tags on some of them, it looks like he went all over the Dallas/Fort Worth area to buy up as many blowout software as he could, unpackaged them, gently flattened most of them, put them in these comic book boxes and stored them. Many of them are 9's condition wise, others would be except for minor flaws. No sign of the games and manuals that used to be in them. They might have been gone for years... or maybe they'd already been yanked from the curb. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhcocker Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I can only dream of stumbling upon such a treasure trove of goodies like this. You've got yourself a good friend there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) I'm looking for the big box only for #11 Indy 500 (orange) & possably #61 Basic Math (blue) gatefold ... I have most all contents already except Math Manual Edited September 14, 2014 by chas10e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpel Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 It could be great to see all the boxes Do you have some for Intellivision ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Oddly, only one Intellivision box, at least during my quick lookthrough. It's Turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Couple more pics as I attempt to sort through all these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAirhart Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Please, my friends call me Scott. AAirhart... yes, I do.... one for the 2600 and one, I believe, for the ColecoVision as well. To answer some of the private messages, btw... I am not selling it as a lot nor any sections as a lot except maybe the Vic-20 and some of the TI stuff, as I'm not sure if either has a huge collector's community out there. I'm taking my time on this find and weighing my options. Excellent, I need a 2600 box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAirhart Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Oooo, you have Springer too! Need one of those also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 That's an amazing score! In some cases the box could be worth many times more than the contents that came with it, so these definitely have value! Aquarius boxes probably aren't worth much. But some real gems for sure! So how many boxes total? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 If you find a XONOX Spike's Peak box (in good shape) for the 2600, I have $400.00 for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 That's an amazing score! In some cases the box could be worth many times more than the contents that came with it, so these definitely have value! Aquarius boxes probably aren't worth much. But some real gems for sure! So how many boxes total? Not sure yet.... since most are flat it is hard to even guess. I'm beginning the long process of cataloging it all tonight. 4.5 of those long comic book boxes full of these... though that .5 are Parker Bros. boxes of the thicker variety that were stored as-is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyyaknow Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Any NES ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Seriously great find. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Nice find! Can you take a pic of the Turbo box when you get a chance? Those Coleco boxes look very nice and will definitely be of interest to a few of us here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringfellow Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I'm looking for pretty much what ever 5200 boxes you come across. I have some but would love to have boxes for more of my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 A lot of great contacts, both in private message and on here. I appreciate it... what folks say about AtariAge being a friendly place are proving true. Few notes and/or reminders - - As noted, these were stored for 30 years. Getting a lot of questions about NES and 7800 stuff and late 80s 2600 stuff. 30 years = Nothing newer than 1984 in these - Appreciate the lot offers but not interested in selling as a lot, other than maybe the Vic-20 and Aquarius stuff. - Also, as noted, I am not certain how to value these and am weighing my options. Not really a lot of info out there about just boxes, much less ones stored in darkness for three decades. Only answer I can give to "what do I want" is 'fair market value'. At this point I am leaning toward eBaying it and letting the bidder determine what that is. - Cataloging them all for a full list is going to take some time. I've started on it, but free time comes sparingly for me, so it might be a few days. Glad I came here with this find. Lot of great and friendly responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Vinicius Garrett Chiado Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 This is absolutely amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPSP Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 FYI... I've started the process of cataloging all of these for a list... already finding stuff I missed in my first two glances, such as several Coleco ADAM game boxes. Sharing some pics on my Facebook as I go - https://www.facebook.com/OriginalPSP Full list will probably take a couple of days to complete and I'll get back with everyone here at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Can't see them without a facebook account...can you set them public? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Holy smokes! That is amazing. The rarer boxes, list those individually. It will be well worth the time and effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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