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Rare speccy games fetch high price -article

jammajupjammajup
edited December 2011 in Games
Just been reading an article on fellow collectors site Ant Harpers `Retro Games Collector`,the article is about some ZX educational / business titles on an ebay and i have never heard of them let alone seen them in an auction. Clearly looking at the end results somebody had some serious dosh though.
Does anybody own any of these titles that are in the article?
http://www.retrogamescollector.com/rare-zx-spectrum-titles-fetch-a-high-price-on-ebay/
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  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited December 2011
    I used to, someone put most of those up for ?5 each buy it now on ebay, late at night, when I happened (?) to be up.

    They weren't up very long ;)
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited December 2011
    But yes, at auction, the rare Sinclair/Macmillan titles usually sell for around ?100 each. They're the most collectable titles for the Spectrum.
  • HairyHairy
    edited December 2011
    I got a battered macman and the caber eaters, and a nice copy of weathermaster, also Micro-Prolog with Micro Primer Book. Got an Estimator Racer the other day in a bundle.

    I see Logo sell for 40 something the other day.
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited December 2011
    Hairy, please can you scan the Estimator Racer inlay for WOS?
  • HairyHairy
    edited December 2011
    Already done, just not got round to uploading it yet. :)

    scan0001-3.jpg
    scan0002-3.jpg
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited December 2011
    Thank you.
  • HairyHairy
    edited December 2011
    No problem.
    Although I think my scanner is on it way out. If you look close on the black bits I see lines.
  • fogfog
    edited December 2011
    been to a certain charity shop recently hairy ;) . I was bidding on that also if it's the same thing. I might have prolog.. not 100% sure, but doubt it..

    Disease Dodgers, sounds a funny name though.

    problem with all this stuff about "it's worth".. nah it's worth what someone is willing to pay for it. It's fun when you go and do a pick-up and they tell you whats worth them money , when it's that lesser known game in the corner of their pic that was badly taken :)

    educational stuff came in crappy boxes.. = less weather resistant etc. and lets face it , it was for games we had a speccy :p

    I picked up a few things the other day, some aren't scanned on here
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250945917268?s

    the problem is with such articles , anyone who owns a spectrum game is gonna think it's worth shedloads .e.g. the ?1000+ speccy recently :lol:
  • Dave FountainDave Fountain
    edited December 2011
    Yes I think someone had some serious dosh in one hand and a large bottle of brandy in the other, taking copious swigs inbetween setting up ebay sniper. I'm still very much of the opinion that all retro hardware and software is absolutely valueless in monetary terms, it is driven by a few oddballs neck deep in nostalgia with their feet in Narnia. Over the last twenty years I have met plenty of retro collectors in all sorts of situations and circumstances and they were all oddballs. I'm odd myself, just a different kind of odd.

    It is a very collectable subject matter and I'm all for people having hobbies that keep them off the streets, I myself used to have a sizeable collection which I gave away. To spend hundreds of pounds on old tapes is not shrewd or wise, it's just plain ridiculous.
  • HairyHairy
    edited December 2011
    fog wrote: »
    been to a certain charity shop recently hairy ;) . I was bidding on that also if it's the same thing. I might have prolog.. not 100% sure, but doubt it..
    Just doing my bit for charity :)
    fog wrote: »
    Disease Dodgers, sounds a funny name though.

    problem with all this stuff about "it's worth".. nah it's worth what someone is willing to pay for it. It's fun when you go and do a pick-up and they tell you whats worth them money , when it's that lesser known game in the corner of their pic that was badly taken :)

    I just recentlly went to look at a spectrum. Someone had phoned me up, and told me they had one with loads of games that they wanted to sell. So I went to have a look. It had no power supply and was pretty scratched up and had the odd dent, games were all boring, about 15 tapes in all, MAC, scrabble, survival, chequ.... and a few copies on c90s, all covered in years of loft dust and pretty poor condition. I generously offered ?20, the bloke seemed to think I was trying to rip him off, reckonned it was worth ?100.
    I shook his hand, wished him good luck selling it, and left.
  • daveysludgedaveysludge
    edited December 2011
    I have 'Disease Dodgers' lying about somewhere, I've also got 6 ROM cartridges which are supposed to be worth a bit as well...
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