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11-17-2014, 06:30 AM
https://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles/1/7/2/0/7/5/5/atari-et-game-landfill-spoils-fetch-usd37-000-on-ebay-1416223466535.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/format/jpg/1720755.jpg The first auction of Atari games uncovered from their 30-year resting place in a New Mexico landfill has raised more than $37,000 (£23k).
100 cartridges were placed on eBay earlier this month (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-05-unearthed-et-the-extra-terrestrial-copies-now-on-ebay) of an eventual 800 that will be offered up for auction.
The games were unearthed during this summer's archaeological dig at a dumping ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico, which for three decades had been the final resting place of thousands of unwanted Atari 2600 cartridges.
Read more… (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-17-atari-et-game-landfill-spoils-fetch-usd37-000-on-ebay)
100 cartridges were placed on eBay earlier this month (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-05-unearthed-et-the-extra-terrestrial-copies-now-on-ebay) of an eventual 800 that will be offered up for auction.
The games were unearthed during this summer's archaeological dig at a dumping ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico, which for three decades had been the final resting place of thousands of unwanted Atari 2600 cartridges.
Read more… (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-17-atari-et-game-landfill-spoils-fetch-usd37-000-on-ebay)