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This week almost turned out to be a complete bust. There were a total of maybe 40 garage sales listed for Friday, only about half of those being close enough for us to go to. I didn't buy a single thing that day, I didn't even see much that looked interesting. Saturday was pretty much the same, we went to another 20 or so sales and I only found one thing during the day. Sunday's flea market was also slow. My current trading partner wasn't there, but the guy I used to trade with was, but he didn't have any games. I did manage to find one game at the flea market. I was severely disappointed with the results but kind of relieved because it will make moving the game room that much easier. However, on our way to another flea market (we used to go to it every week, but it's been getting smaller and smaller every year and is out of the way for us) and a garage sale in the area that was to start on Sunday, we passed another garage sale and that sale had the treasure that saved the weekend for me.
This was my only garage sale treasure on Saturday. It was marked $5, so I tried getting it for $3, but the woman wouldn't go any lower because "it's like new, it was only used for 5 minutes". If this was only used for 5 minutes, then everything else this kid has must be garbage, because the back of the guitar is quite scratched and the disc isn't all that great either. It does all work though, I put it through its paces the night I got it.
This was the one game I got at the flea market on Sunday. It was in a box of of other N64 and SNES games marked $2 each. There were other decent enough games for $2, but I had them all and they were all dirty, so I didn't pick them up. The guy I bought them from is a regular, but he doesn't usually have games, and I know he doesn't haggle, so I didn't bother trying to get a lower price.
I almost had a good find at the flea market that day as well. I saw a box laying on the ground marked "Atari games and tapes" so I went over to it and the lid was half off and I see a boxed 2600 game, so I think to myself "jackpot, a box of CIB Atari games" but when I took the lid the rest of the way off, the box was full of loose games, the boxed one was the only one with box. I looked through the 50 or so games and saw 2 that I didn't have so I asked for a price and he said $40 for all of them. I thought about it, but then I remembered how hard it was for me to get rid of common 2600 games, so I passed on it. If there had been a system, I might have bought it though.
This was the saving grace for me this weekend. It was an old couple selling mostly junk, but then I saw this stuff on a table. The expansion module was marked $3 and the ColecoVision was marked $5, the games weren't priced so I asked the old man how much they were, but he didn't know so I waited for the old lady to finish chatting and adding up some other customer's total. When she finally got done, she said they were $1 each, or I could have everything for $20. I offered $15, but she wouldn't budge because someone else apparently offered her more, but he hadn't come back to pick it up yet. While I was waiting for her, I noticed the expansion module's box sitting in what looked like a trash pile in the corner of the garage, so I asked if I could take it as well. She thought it was a strange request, but gave it to me anyhow. I still find it amazing how many people don't realize that the boxes are what makes most of this stuff valuable.
The 2600 games in the box are all CIB, as is the NES cleaning kit. The expansion module has the bottom piece of styrofoam, but no manual. The stack of manuals has about 10 manuals, plus some inserts for the Atari and Coleco games.
Nearly all the loose 2600 games will be for sale or trade, so let me know if you want some of them.
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