Donald_Ferren Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I found some nice store display posters at my local flea market today. They're made of thick, almost cardboard-like, paper with punched holes in the top to attach a string for hanging. They're also double-sided with the picture you see mirrored on the back. Any idea of their worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemsted Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Those are pretty cool. How much were they? -kemsted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Any idea of their worth? About $10 each. Worth holding onto. Nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald_Ferren Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 How much were they? I paid about $3 each for them. He has a number of duplicates, and he's holding onto the rest of them for me. I'd be willing to sell the duplicates if anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 PM sent! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 You got a good price and if you would like to see more of them, they have them for sale all the time on ebay. all the ones I have, I have them framed and they look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 How big are they? Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald_Ferren Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 How big are they? They're all about the same size: roughly 2 feet high and 1 foot wide. I'll pick up the rest of them this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I bought the Breakout one off ebay a few years back..paid about $10 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_gurno Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 I had a bunch of these that I ebayed a few months ago. Got $120 or so for 8 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Sent you a PM. Very interested in getting a Missle Command. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 i have warlords and haunted house hangers. to be honest i dont think they look so cool being cut in the shape of the illustration, would be better in a rectangle. maybe i just need to hang em instead of wall mounting them. i think they were sold as birthday party decortations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgWyld Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I found some nice store display posters at my local flea market today. They're made of thick, almost cardboard-like, paper with punched holes in the top to attach a string for hanging. They're also double-sided with the picture you see mirrored on the back. Any idea of their worth? Heh, heh, heh! Which flea market? I just moved back home to Benton from Springdale, so I'm in the Little Rock area and ready to see what kind of Atari stuff I can find. By the way, what's the best Game Exchange in these parts? The one in Little Rock stinks (looked more like a closet than a store). I did find some decent Atari commons there (Airlock, Encounter at L-5, and Gangster Alley), but noting terribly rare. Anyway, I'm told Game Exchange in Jacksonville and North Little Rock are great, but I'm not sure which one to hit first. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald_Ferren Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Heh, heh, heh! Which flea market? That would be telling! The GameXchange in Searcy is a little better, but they don't have much more than just commons anymore. Since I've been going there, they've wizened up about what they have--and I've had a hard time finding anything good since. I strongly suspect the owner of the place hand-picks out all the good stuff that people sell to the stores. There's also a fairly new used video game store in Searcy called GameCrave. They tend to have less Atari stuff than GameXchange, but occasionally you'll find something other than a common. As with anything, you have to go and visit these places as often as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 If you have time to swing by St Louis MO stop in my store guys I have alot of vintage games. I would be interested in a few of the poster things for trade at my store. Just to let you know Game exchanges in St louis suck also same selection of crap evey week. The people who work there tell me all the time they buy the good old stuff to sell on ebay and leave junk in the store. Thats why they rarely have anything rare or up in market price. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I have the Super Breakout, Battlezone, and Tempest versions of those... picked them up on eBay for about $5 to $10 each. The most in-demand one was Yars' Revenge. I got these all from the same seller in the same week, but his Yars' auction went up to about $20! They are pretty sweet, but I've got to find a better way to display them! Back in Atlanta when my so-called game room was in the basement, I just used thumbtacks in the drywall (pushed through the "paper punch" holes in the posters so as not to damage them, of course), but now that the game room is on the main floor of our house in Minneapolis (which, being much older, has plaster walls), I haven't decided what to do with them, so they're just tucked along side a bookcase, behind my guitars where my son (who takes after his mom, known as the "Finnish tornado" as a toddler) can't get at them. I do kind of wish I hadn't torn off the perforated "25¢" tabs that used to be on the posters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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