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Hello friends! I just finished printing the shipping labels from the first lot of games that I eBayed from this collection, and I learned a few things: 1) Complete R5-R6 (box+manual+game) are worth eBaying, as are loose R7+ games. 2) Loose R5-R6 games are barely worth eBaying. 3) Loose R1-R4 games are not worth eBaying. On that note, I'm auctioning off all that remains of my collection: Picnic (Box+Manual+Game+Inserts) http://www.ebay.com/itm/281653232014?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Collection of 6 R5-R6 games http://www.ebay.com/itm/281653237198?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Wholesale Lot of 62 R1-R4 games, complete with manual and retail box http://www.ebay.com/itm/281653284673?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Wholesale Lot of 40 R1-R4 games, with manual but no box http://www.ebay.com/itm/281653274199?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Wholesale Lot of 32 R1-R4 games, loose. Some assorted additional manuals and boxes included. http://www.ebay.com/itm/281653265678?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Thanks again for all of your advice and help with turning my storage room back into a guest room! I know some of you won my previous set of auctions, and I hope that my former collection brings you the nostalgia and joy it brought me. For my part, I'll be getting one of those little units that has a ton of games built-in to enjoy with my wife.

Thanks for the advice regarding shipping! I ordered a bunch of small shipping boxes and will wrap everything carefully in bubble wrap, print shipping labels, and leave it in the mailroom at work where people are a bit gentler than the godzilla mailman that comes to my house. Send me a PM. If you win, I'll figure out what the actual shipping costs are to where you are and send it to you.

I'm probably going to use the small "flat rate" boxes that USPS has rather than a padded mailer. I don't want to risk anything getting crushed. If I end up losing a couple of bucks on shipping, no big deal. I assume that people will bid higher knowing they're going to save on shipping.

Hello friends! As an experiment, I took the advice of some posters here (and several who actually messaged me privately to urge me to sell on eBay) and decided to do an experimental run of selling 11 games from my collection individually. In particular, I chose 11 games that you expressed interest in. If I decide it's not worth my effort after this experiment, I'll try to sell the rest in bulk. Thanks again for your advice! Dishaster + Manual Spiderdroid + Manual Flag Capture + Manual + Retail Box Sea Hunt + Manual Frankenstein's Monster + Manual + Retail Box + Catalog + Insert H.E.R.O. + Manual + Retail Box + Catalog + Warranty Card Guardian + Manual Moonsweeper + Retail Box + Catalog Private Eye + Manual + Retail Box Cosmic Corridor + Manual + Retail Box Rampage + Manual

Pictures of the manuals I have and the games proper are now uploaded to that same Google Drive link above. Again, some of the manuals are not in great condition from use. I actually have fewer of the manuals than I thought I did, and oddly enough there are some games for which I have the box and the manual but not the game proper. It appears that some games must have been traded to friends over the years. Remarkably, I even have the little button cover for Basic Programming! Several people have contacted me to express interest in my collection, and the truth is that I'm not quite sure how to sell it. It would make sense to sell the box, manual and game together for the games that I have, or at least to sell boxes separately and the game and manual together. I'm also concerned about any potential buyer being disappointed by the condition of things. The Private Eye manual, for instance, has disintegrated along the folds into four separate pieces. Other manuals are crinkled or missing their covers. Some of the games have the stickers peeling off from years of use and then more years of sitting in the hot attic. Surprisingly, every game I've tried still works except stupid Kool-Aid Man which was broken from day 1. What's more, I don't really care so much about maximizing profit here as much as I care about not having to store a bunch of stuff that should be in the hands of a collector of 80s art or someone who just wants to reconnect with a simpler time. If you were in my position, how would you handle it?

Here's the boxes I have. The condition isn't what I'd call pristine. They've all been flattened for storage, and some have store tags on them, et cetera. That said, some of them even still contain warranties / atari catalogs / contest descriptions. The fact that I have only a fragment of a Dark Chambers box leads me to believe that there may actually be another box of boxes in my dad's attic. Google Drive (publicly visible): https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/0B67qmvk4E9Zzfl9pTHpYZGRxUERSZ0ZWaTBoX09oUktEX1Qtdk0yQXE5d0tfMklnUzhLejg

Oh, geez! Well, I'll post pictures of what I have when I get home and get your expert opinions. I'm pretty sure I don't have the box for the R8 (I vaguely remember buying Guardian from the inside of a school bus at a flea market, so I only have the original instruction manual for it), but I do have a whole lot of other retail boxes.

My father was recently cleaning out the attic and asked me to either take or throw out some of my old stuff. Among the things that had to go was my old collection of 173 2600 games, many of which are quite rare. I also saved the instruction manuals for everything and the retail boxes for many things. Looking at eBay, I don't think that the games are worth selling. Even my rarest game, a rare 8, seems to be available to buy now with manual for $20--meaning that Atari equipment is such a niche market that it's not worth the time or effort in selling my games. I'd just as soon keep them all and play them with my wife when I'm feeling nostalgic until the day that they finally disintegrate (note for future divorce proceedings: she was cheering for the bear to eat me in Frostbite!) What I'm not sure about is whether the retail boxes are worth anything or whether I should throw them out. The one thing I don't have much of living in the city is space, and 2 boxes of flattened Atari retail boxes isn't something that I know that I need to be storing. Do you have an opinion on whether I should keep them or toss them?