I didn't know there was a shrink-wrapped Personal Software version of Zork. My PS Zork is in a magazine-sized ziploc. What kind of box is yours? Do you have a scan?
Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Edward Franks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Greetings On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 03:12 PM, CcomputerGameCollector wrote: [Snip] > With CGC, I don't plan on representing an "exact" value, which is why > I use > the range approach. (I.E. $20 - $40) And given human nature people will focus on the high end of your range. :-D After all, that means their game is worth more money. [Snip] > Wether there is a price guide price or not, people have an idea about > what a > game is worth. For many games, yes. For some, no. For example, what is the worth of one of Richard Garriott's twelve Computerland Akalabeths? The sample size is just too small to determine a fair market value for one of them. It is too easy for someone to fall in love with the idea of owning one and paying 'whatever it takes' for someone to assign a reasonable value/worth to one. It gets even worse if a game hasn't been seen yet. Mr. Falk once stated in an article that Mt. Drash might be worth over $2,000 if one was found. He was only off by nearly an order of magnitude from what my only known complete copy was purchased for. ;-) I mean, just what *is* Mt. Drash worth? There is only one complete one and one partial one known (to me) to exist. There are more RG Computerland Akalabeths around than known Mt Drashs. Does this make Mt. Drash worth more than Akalabeth? And how would one determine the worth of my complete copy of an Apple II Personal Software Zork still in 95% shrinkwrap (only the top of the shrinkwrap/box is open)? Zork 1 is certainly a much more important and seminal game than Akalabeth! (I say that as a big time Ultima fan, by the way.) On the other hand, take a grey box Zork 1 with everything in good shape. There are enough of these around that one can look at the overall sales/auction prices and figure what, on average, it is worth. This is not to say a price guide is worthless. I think one would be doable for many games. My mine problem with them is educating potential buyers and sellers to all the caveats and assumptions behind the numbers. Too many people take any number they see written down as gospel. :sigh: In the comics world many people will check several different price guides and take the highest one they find. And this is after 20+ years of trying to educate the market. -- Edward Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
