Hi Everyone,

Long shot, but might as well try...

Due to other travel committments I won't be able to attend the AGE Expo, but I'd love to be able to participate in the auction if at all possible. Looking for someone to represent me during bidding.  Happy to do it over the phone/internet/whatever. 

Done some deals with folks on here, feedback is positive on eBay, and met a few of you at CGE & other events. 

Come on, it'll be just like Christie's where there's a phone bidder! 

If interested, let me know.  Thanks!

He might get you to spend $1,200 on a mystery auction.
Sounds crazy, but he did it at CGE.

What ended up being in the mystery auction?

Ha! Jumpman Jr is right. It was a mint CommaVid Video Life with manual... of course during the bidding all I knew was that it was a cardboard box with a question mark on the side.

Near the end I was bidding against DreamTR.

There were a few.
It is important to note that the year BEFORE the one we're talking about, there was a loose (2600) Magicard. I think its worth like a grand. I'm pretty sure swlovinist (he's a member here) won it, and then traded it for a Stadium Events cart.

But last year:
1st one went up, Drexel923 (who is also a member here) won it for like $200. All crap Atari commons (or something like that).

Then the next one went up, and I think it went for $400... also to Drexel923. All crap Intellivision games (or something like that).

Then! This is where it got interesting. The guy running the auction took a handfull (like 10 or so) or Atari prototypes, and put them into a box, which none of us could see. Then, he pulled out TWO boxes. And he said that the protos were in ONE of the boxes, but there could be something else in the other box, but there might not be.
Nicola, the guy who runs gamesniped, who likes his protos, won the auction for $600, and then he got to choose which box he wanted (without knowing either of their contents). With showmanship, he picked one of the boxes, and it was the protos... he was happy.

THEN, the other box went up for auction, which sold for $1,200... and it was a loose Video Life for the 2600. Crazy rare.
I would never bid on a CGE box because they would always be Atari items. Still fun to watch, though

Here's the whole play by play! (just realized I have a lot of pics):

First off, NA crew:

Mystery box 1:

Won by Drexel:

Joe showing off the crap from the first mystery box that Drexel won:

Mystery box 2:

Won by Drexel:

Joe showing off the crap from the box:

Drexel's buddy's laughing:

(Gold Sudoku plug):

Mystery boxes 3 and 4 (Nicola getting his pick):

Showmanship:

Picking:

Opening:

Mystery box 4:

Won by SystemFreak:

I remember exactly what he said... "Oh Wow...":

Yeah, was mentally preparing myself for it to be a box of Dragon Boys or something (hey, it's all going to charity!). Took a second to process as I had never seen a Video Life before that.

Who is the Hottie with the Gold Sudoku?

Taht was the model that they hired for the auction. You should have seen her sword pics... I think wizard took a whole bunch of her in different poses...

Wizard better post these pics!!

Don't go up to bat against SystemFreak, he will get you every time.

remember that action 52?

yes we need these pics

I have more pics of her, I'll post them when I get back

Errr, purely for documentary purposes of course...

Wizard needs to fix the computer they're stored on

My ex got so mad about that too...fuck she was a loon!

Wow, that was you system freak! I had no idea this whole time that was you who one that. I talked to you after the auction was over as well about some famicombox stuff iirc.
~~NGD

Yeah, we talked too. Small world