I have been considering trading off, or selling, everything else in my collection except for my Atari 2600 stuff, and then using that money to buy more 2600 stuff. What do you think of this idea?
Here is my reasoning:
1) With over 200 carts and many systems, controllers, and assorted stuff, the 2600 makes up the largest part of my collection already.
2) 2600 games seem to be the best to collect as an investment; they're still fairly affordable.
3) 2600 games still seem to be available "in the wild", making them easy to collect (although I actually see many more NES games). I hardly ever see games for later systems such as the Saturn or the 3DO.
4) The historical significance of Atari and the 2600.
5) I have so much odd junk for so many systems; I just want to get rid of a lot of it.
6) I can be more focused in my searching and spend less time on it (ie instead of trolling every ebay board, I can just stick to the Atari ones)
However, I could at this point go in the opposite direction and just collect EVERYTHING.
I have good reasons to do that too:
1) I have enough games and equipment to form the basis of a collection for several later systems: SNES, Genesis, Saturn, 3DO, etc.
2) My NES collection is nearly as large as my 2600 one, and probably more valuable because it contains more HTF items.
3) My "hidden collection" in the attic and in storage spaces contains whoknowswhat. I had a boxed 5200 that I haven't seen in a while.
4) It's easier to just go out and collect ANY games than it is to look for games for a particular system.
So I want to either narrow or broaden my current collecting habits.
(Which I'll define as I ALWAYS look for 2600 and NES games, SOMETIMES look for Saturn, SNES, Genesis, and 3DO, and NEVER look for Colecovision, Intellivision, or SMS)
the kid
Now that I actually have typed out my reasons, I'm leaning toward only collecting for Atari.