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[Donald_Ferren]

I found some nice store display posters at my local flea market today. They're made of thick, almost cardboard-like, paper with punched holes in the top to attach a string for hanging. They're also double-sided with the picture you see mirrored on the back.

Any idea of their worth?

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[kemsted]

Those are pretty cool. How much were they?

-kemsted

[sku_u]

Donald_Ferren said:

Any idea of their worth?

About $10 each. Worth holding onto. Nice find.

[Donald_Ferren]

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How much were they?

I paid about $3 each for them.

He has a number of duplicates, and he's holding onto the rest of them for me. I'd be willing to sell the duplicates if anyone is interested.

[Rick Weis]

PM sent!

Rick

[ATARIPITBULL]

You got a good price and if you would like to see more of them, they have them for sale all the time on ebay. all the ones I have, I have them framed and they look great.

[Rob Mitchell]

How big are they?

Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA

[Donald_Ferren]

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How big are they?

They're all about the same size: roughly 2 feet high and 1 foot wide.

I'll pick up the rest of them this afternoon.

[foxglove9]

I bought the Breakout one off ebay a few years back..paid about $10 for it.

[a_gurno]

I had a bunch of these that I ebayed a few months ago. Got $120 or so for 8 of them.

[Stingray]

Sent you a PM. Very interested in getting a Missle Command.

-S

[christianscott27]

i have warlords and haunted house hangers. to be honest i dont think they look so cool being cut in the shape of the illustration, would be better in a rectangle. maybe i just need to hang em instead of wall mounting them. i think they were sold as birthday party decortations.

[HawgWyld]

Donald_Ferren said:

I found some nice store display posters at my local flea market today. They're made of thick, almost cardboard-like, paper with punched holes in the top to attach a string for hanging. They're also double-sided with the picture you see mirrored on the back.

Any idea of their worth?

Heh, heh, heh! Which flea market?

I just moved back home to Benton from Springdale, so I'm in the Little Rock area and ready to see what kind of Atari stuff I can find.

By the way, what's the best Game Exchange in these parts? The one in Little Rock stinks (looked more like a closet than a store). I did find some decent Atari commons there (Airlock, Encounter at L-5, and Gangster Alley), but noting terribly rare. Anyway, I'm told Game Exchange in Jacksonville and North Little Rock are great, but I'm not sure which one to hit first. Suggestions?

[Donald_Ferren]

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Heh, heh, heh! Which flea market?

That would be telling!

The GameXchange in Searcy is a little better, but they don't have much more than just commons anymore. Since I've been going there, they've wizened up about what they have--and I've had a hard time finding anything good since. I strongly suspect the owner of the place hand-picks out all the good stuff that people sell to the stores.

There's also a fairly new used video game store in Searcy called GameCrave. They tend to have less Atari stuff than GameXchange, but occasionally you'll find something other than a common.

As with anything, you have to go and visit these places as often as possible.

[Trade-N-Games]

If you have time to swing by St Louis MO stop in my store guys I have alot of vintage games. I would be interested in a few of the poster things for trade at my store. Just to let you know Game exchanges in St louis suck also same selection of crap evey week. The people who work there tell me all the time they buy the good old stuff to sell on ebay and leave junk in the store. Thats why they rarely have anything rare or up in market price.
Jason

[Room 34]

I have the Super Breakout, Battlezone, and Tempest versions of those... picked them up on eBay for about $5 to $10 each. The most in-demand one was Yars' Revenge. I got these all from the same seller in the same week, but his Yars' auction went up to about $20!

They are pretty sweet, but I've got to find a better way to display them! Back in Atlanta when my so-called game room was in the basement, I just used thumbtacks in the drywall (pushed through the "paper punch" holes in the posters so as not to damage them, of course), but now that the game room is on the main floor of our house in Minneapolis (which, being much older, has plaster walls), I haven't decided what to do with them, so they're just tucked along side a bookcase, behind my guitars where my son (who takes after his mom, known as the "Finnish tornado" as a toddler) can't get at them.

I do kind of wish I hadn't torn off the perforated "25¢" tabs that used to be on the posters!