Arenafoot Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Like dust in the wind............ :giggle: Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Adventure Square Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 oh well, back to the landfill... (grabs shovel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I'm curious how these will hold their value over time. Makes you wonder if Alamogordo will go for another dig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 The last one was sold........ here's the proof: https://www.facebook.com/groups/105586892805903/permalink/983846298313287/ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 The final sale results totaled a staggering $107,930.15. The city of Alamogordo will receive $65,037.78 and the Tularosa Basin Historical Society will get $16,259.44. Expenses like shipping fees totaled $26,632.93. Lewandowski said there's still 297 cartridges left that he's holding in an archive. What's to become of them is still unknown at this time. "There's 297 we're still holding in an archive that we'll sell at a later date when we decide what to do with them," he said. "I might sell those if a second movie comes out but for now we're just holding them. The film company got 100 games, 23 went to museums and we had 881 that we actually sold. They were sold in 45 states and 14 countries." The Atari cartridges made their way to several museums around the world such as the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the Hamilton Toy Museum in Ontario, Canada, and the Deutsches Film Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-news/ci_28718697/final-atari-sale-is-no-urban-legend Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Also, the sale made Rolling Stone magazine: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/unearthed-e-t-atari-games-sell-for-108-000-at-auction-20150830#ixzz3kJut8JOc Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-news/ci_28882245/atari-sale-spending-discussed-city-commissioners Atari sale spending discussed to City Commissioners Atari Operational Consultant Joe Lewandowski made recommendations on how to spend the unexpected funds from the Atari dig sale to City Commissioners at their regular City Commission meeting. Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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