RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare....

2004-05-24 Thread Pedro Quaresma
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pedro Quaresma Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Yikes! What was the name of the game, any idea? -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação

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2004-05-24 Thread Stephen Emond
] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare The second Drash ended without meeting the reserve. Reserve tends to drive certainprocent of people off which is quite understandable. But the price dropped a bit in any case from former loose cassette auctions once

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2004-05-24 Thread Stefan Lindblom
: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8107661690 Another Drash found a new home. - Original Message - From: Jukka Eronen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare

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2004-05-24 Thread Stephane Racle
Jukka Eronen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare The second Drash ended without meeting the reserve.

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2004-05-20 Thread Josh Lulewicz
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: (bcc: Pedro Quaresma/SCAETANO) Assunto: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Josh Lulewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15-05-2004 03:32 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect So

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2004-05-20 Thread John Romero
I wonder how many copies of The Tarturian sold on the Apple II.. J  That ones pretty rare - John From: Josh Lulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare

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2004-05-17 Thread Pedro Quaresma
: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Marco Thorek wrote: Is there actually a game out there of which only one single copy exists? Doubtful. However, there are a number of commercial games that were never actually

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2004-05-17 Thread Tomas Buteler
) Assunto: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Josh Lulewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15-05-2004 03:32 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect So there was a game released for the Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (Home Console) that people claim there are only 3 or 4

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2004-05-16 Thread Jim Leonard
John Romero wrote: Actually, we had a NeoGeo at id back at the start of 1991 You're correct, my dates are off. Still, $650 for a console? And looking on ebay, we see... $550? Sheesh. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious

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2004-05-15 Thread Jim Leonard
Josh Lulewicz wrote: So there was a game released for the Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (Home Console) that people claim there are only 3 or 4 of. That console never ceases to amaze me. When it first came out in the mid 1990s, it retailed for $650 for the console and each game was

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2004-05-15 Thread ommail
Erm...no thanks. :) Joe From: Josh Lulewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/05/14 Fri PM 10:32:51 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare So there was a game released for the Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (Home Console

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2004-05-15 Thread John Romero
Actually, we had a NeoGeo at id back at the start of 1991 - John -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Josh Lulewicz wrote

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2004-05-14 Thread Holger Bachert
Well it was fun while it lastedguess I should have sold mine when it was rare. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4315item=8105218187rd=1 Let's say there are definitely rarer things out there... ;) And while we are at it...

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2004-05-14 Thread Dan Chisarick
a game's availability. Freddie Lucasarts Museum - http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare

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2004-05-14 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 05/14/2004 7:25:23 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So that's two (albeit incomplete) copies on ebay concurrently. And neither have bids. Anyone care to make guesses as to how much they sell for? I'll say $300-400 tops. I'll say at least $1000 for the

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2004-05-14 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Someone who owns an original Akalabeth should put it on ebay and see if that draws any out J -josh -Original Message- From: Peter Olafson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash

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2004-05-14 Thread hughfalk
of more to come. Hugh -Original Message- From: Feldhamer, Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 14, 2004 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Yes, but you have to distinguish loose tapes from complete copies... Stuart

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2004-05-14 Thread Dan Chisarick
Hmmm, yeah. I think my estimate was a bit too low. It is one of the most desirable Ultima collectables you could hope to bid on (you seem to have all the ones you can't, though). Of course there's no saying what the reserve is, either. As an aside, I'm also speculating that Keith Z, given past

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2004-05-13 Thread Holger Bachert
No Joe, Drash is not on my list, never been :)... As for registration cards it is my understanding that they are just consecutively numbered and not game specific...? AFAIK this particular card can be found in all other Sierra releases of that period as well. -- Holger Bachert / Tel

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2004-05-13 Thread Holger Bachert
In a message dated 05/12/2004 1:28:38 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are there many computer games that had less than 1000 sold (Akalabeth sold 3)? Even if so I'm sure they would pop up if the price was right, it's just because of the prices (note each auction

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2004-05-13 Thread Peter Olafson
Marco Thorek wrote: Is there actually a game out there of which only one single copy exists? Doubtful. However, there are a number of commercial games that were never actually published and that existed only in alpha or beta form. (I may even have a couple of these.) I don't think you'll find

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2004-05-12 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 05/12/2004 1:28:38 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let's say there are definitely rarer things out there... ;) Like what Holger, are you talking about a computer game? If so which one? Even though Drash is showing up now I still think under 500 were sold

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2004-05-12 Thread Marco Thorek
Is there actually a game out there of which only one single copy exists? Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: In a message dated 05/12/2004 1:28:38 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let's say there are definitely rarer things out there... ;) Like what Holger, are

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2004-05-12 Thread Howard Feldman
Is there really 1000 drash sold? How do we know this? On the other hand, Scott Adams Gold Collector Series were individually numbered and only 1000 copies were ever made (for each computer type??) There are others that probably sold even less than this, but many are not worth collecting...

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2004-05-12 Thread ommail
pattern to the numbers? Perhaps we can glean some info on how many were produced by this number! Joe From: Holger Bachert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/05/12 Wed PM 02:27:52 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Well it was fun

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2004-05-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: Is there actually a game out there of which only one single copy exists? Sure, give me an hour and I'll whip one up. I'll be happy to sell you the absolutely positively only copy of said game for the low low price of $800 :-) *One* copy? One published copy, or one

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2004-04-21 Thread Josh Lulewicz
, April 21, 2004 12:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Now you see the problem here...high prices bring people out of the woodworks, and they're all going to expect to get $3500 or so... Stuart -Original Message- From: Josh Lulewicz

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2004-04-21 Thread Jukka Eronen
, April 21, 2004 8:59 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare Wonderful... So we should be in the $100-$200 range by next year. It is interesting that Drash can remain so elusive for so many years and one shows up on ebay and the world checks their attics

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2004-04-21 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 04/21/2004 12:43:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now you see the problem here...high prices bring people out of the woodworks, and they're all going to expect to get $3500 or so... Well of course, but not a problem except for the "poor" people who own

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2004-04-21 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 04/21/2004 3:22:29 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Though now there seem to be many rarer early Sierra-games. Will be interesting to see where it fetches this time. I don't know about that, not many Drashes were made and most were destroyed. Almost for

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2004-04-21 Thread ommail
:20:06 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare In a message dated 04/21/2004 3:22:29 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Though now there seem to be many rarer early Sierra-games. Will be interesting to see where

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2004-04-21 Thread Dan Chisarick
] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare In a message dated 04/21/2004 3:22:29 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Though now there seem to be many rarer early Sierra-games. Will be interesting to see where it fetches this time. I don't know about

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2004-04-21 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 04/21/2004 6:44:15 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually that is it, all 7. Hmm, seems 5 of 7 are owned by this group. I have an idea. Let's win this one, then we have 6 of 7. Sell them all for 50K, someone surely would like to own 6 of 7 known. Since

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2004-04-21 Thread Marco Thorek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hmm, seems 5 of 7 are owned by this group. I have an idea. Let's win this one, then we have 6 of 7. Sell them all for 50K, someone surely would like to own 6 of 7 known. Since my idea and I have two I'll take 35K and you all can split up the rest, heh ;) Ah, I'd

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2004-04-21 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 04/21/2004 8:15:50 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ah, I'd suggest we take the 50k, buy a nice office building, call it "Software Collecting Corporation Headquarters" and hold meetings on the future of game collecting ;-) Gosh, where are we going to get

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2004-04-21 Thread Stephane Racle
Is that who jeffcowe is? Josh Lulewicz wrote: Well it was fun while it lastedguess I should have sold mine when it was rare. Please don't let Eyal get this one. -- This message was sent to you because you are currently

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2004-04-21 Thread C.E. Forman
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt. Drash is no longer rare In a message dated 04/21/2004 6:34:43 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED

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2004-04-20 Thread Stuart Feldhamer
Now you see the problem here...high prices bring people out of the woodworks, and they're all going to expect to get $3500 or so... Stuart -Original Message- From: Josh Lulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect]