Ridenmy65 Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 I was so proud to be an atari collector today, I saw the 2600 profiled on Antiques Roadshow. Just thought you guys would like to hear about it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnyy Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 so what did he say? like i just posted, i missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenmy65 Posted November 20, 2001 Author Share Posted November 20, 2001 It was a pretty good piece I thought. He spoke about the condition of games being important for collectors. He especially noted labels. He didn't mention boxes or mauals though. He broke out some rare games, chase the chuckwagon, tooth protectors, waterworld and quadrun. The one thing I thought he was mistaken on was that he said that one would have to shell out 100 to 200 bucks for a console. But overall it was a really good piece on the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 I have been watching "Antiques Roadshow" and a lot of other similar show on HGTV, on cable for about a year now. I thought it would be really cool to see something like this, and when it does happen I missed it. Hopefully they will repeat the episode later tonight and I'll see it then Am I just mistaken or are the Atari 2600 systems usually sell for on average $40? I usually pick mine up at yard sales and thrift stores, my most recent I got a Atari 2600 6-switch for only $3.00 with all the trimmings and works perfect at a thrift store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenmy65 Posted November 20, 2001 Author Share Posted November 20, 2001 yeah, I have picked up consoles for 5 bucks. But I have seen them for 50 with the box and accessories. <--may be spelled wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Whats sad is people are gonna listen to this guy and try and charge that price for a 2600 console Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 I just checked the TV guide for all of those who missed it, the Antiques Roadshow is repeating the episode later tonight at 3:00 AM EST on PBS. Check your paper to be sure. The eposide is name is Antiques Roadshow - Las Vegas, Nevada. I'll have my VCR recording Had to fix the timezone, here in Indiana the Daylight savings time never changes our time. [ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Junie ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Lemmi: Whats sad is people are gonna listen to this guy and try and charge that price for a 2600 console Yeah only if you plan to buy one online, they will undoubtly raise the price. I always buy in the "wild", and I highly doubt this will change anything. Of course the show is known for over pricing, and once the eBay sellers try to sell the systems and can't for that price everything should return to normal online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenmy65 Posted November 20, 2001 Author Share Posted November 20, 2001 Here is an interesting question. Would a collection be more complete with little video segments and commercials about the 2600 that once aired on TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Ridenmy65: Here is an interesting question. Would a collection be more complete with little video segments and commercials about the 2600 that once aired on TV? I personally would say it would nicely add to the collection. I have been looking for various things like this, I often record countless hours of the TV Land channel (They play old commercials) trying to get some recorded-- Still no luck.. Also there are places you can buy old original Atari company documents and such, which I plan to add to my Atari collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Well i just set my VCR to record that show at 2am est , but i'll probably be up anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 So will I, wishing I had metal gear solid 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by ubersaurus: So will I, wishing I had metal gear solid 2. I got mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 I don't think we have to worry about the price of 2600s going up because of this episode. Hate to tell you, but this is already a repeat. I remember that episode from roughly a year and a half ago. It was the moment when I decided to get back into 2600 collecting, and the moment I realized I had passed up a Boxed Quadrun at a thrift store just 3 days earlier for $3. [ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: scooterb23 ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 I don't think I've *ever* watched this show, but for some strange reason I happened to catch this particular episode while channel surfing several months ago. Perhaps I was surfing and caught a glimpse of an Atari 2600 and thought, "What the hell was that?" and surfed bcak. But I almost never surf television with TiVo, especially since we had four in the house when I was in CA (my roommate and I were both working for TiVo). I thought the segment was reasonably well put together, although I must have missed the part about consoles going for $100 - $200. If that's the case, I have about 40 2600 consoles I need to start unloading on eBay. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Do you remember which city the episode was in? -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 No Albert ya cant do that , Ya need to give me a deal on a Darth Vader 2600 first , then you can hit Ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Junie: The eposide is name is Antiques Roadshow - Las Vegas, Nevada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Whoops my bad its on right now at 1am est Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 What channel? PBS? If so that sucks, our PBS here goes off air at like 10pm!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Lemmi: No Albert ya cant do that , Ya need to give me a deal on a Darth Vader 2600 first , then you can hit Ebay Now that I've filled a portion of my garage with tons of boxes containing various and sundry classic gaming hardware/software, I'll be able to get at those consoles with relative ease. Probably won't be able to this weekend, but if you ask me before next weekend I'll see what I can do. I'll only charge you the low end of that $100-$200 scale. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Yup PBS but its on out Detroit public TV channel which runs mainly all night long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Albert: I'll only charge you the low end of that $100-$200 scale. ..Al ACK i hope your kidding [ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: Lemmi ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 BAH! Our local access plays local shopping junk and self-produced hillbilly karaoke. Neither are worth the tape wasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 hahaha it was just on and he has some nice looking carts the guy is from Illinios to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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