Re: Game values

I would disagree that the price can only go up.. Just look at the jukebox
market. Twenty-five odd (some very odd ;-) years ago I started my business
and it was 'John's Jukes' as Jukeboxes were most of what we sold.
Jukeboxes are now just a tiny fraction of our market and is not because
they are any less common, just that they don't sell nearly fast enough to
make it worth finding and restoring them. As Clay states the "Bell-Curve"
of interest has moved on for jukeboxes, and is moving on for 60's & early
70's pinballs - they have passed the peak. Video games are next to peak - I
give it five to ten years max. for the early 80's stuff. It seems that
about twenty years after the teenager grows up is when he/she is looking
for games from their youth...when they are about fifty-sixty they start
loosing interest - the kids are grown and they want to travel and reduce
their "stuff".

On the other hand a I have lots of older customers (60+) that love their
old jukebox or pinball and probably will be buried with it...you just never
know for sure.

John :-#)#

At 03:28 AM 29/06/2001, you wrote:
>on 28 06 01 18.16, Clay Cowgill at vector_clay@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >> I've been contemplating selling my collection and I would think about it
> >> more seriously if prices were to fall significantly in the next few
> >> years. I wonder that as people who grew up in the 80's get older,
> >> collecting those era games will go out of style and prices will decline
> >> significantly. Any opinions out there?
> >
> > I've noticed a peculiar influx of questions to me over the last 6 months of
> > people looking for the "classics"-- you know, like Mortal Kombat and the
> > original Street Fighter 2. :-/ Seems there's maybe a new generation making
> > their way into the scene... It's kind-of like the bell curve is just
> > moving. Still, vector stuff like (working) Asteroids boards and especially
> > repair services for them seem to still be booming.
> >
>Even if the more recent "classics" become more popular in the short term,
>the older stuff will *always* become more valuable. Just look at the
>original classics: pinball and slot machines from the 40's and 50's. In good
>condition, the command prices in the thousands.
>
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