He has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home in New Jersey, from what I can tell. I am sorry to hear the news. Perhaps someone could do a boardgame museum dedicated to Sid Sackson.
allan <aroth...@optonline.net> wrote in message <news:3DACB4AC.9E30452@optonline.net>... > You folks do know that Sid Sackson's family is auctioning off his game > collection and library of game design books, right?
Yes. That's what I meant when I said it would be a good place to start. If you bought all his games, you could fill a museum.
allan <aroth...@optonline.net> wrote in message <news:3DACB4AC.9E30452@optonline.net>... > All, > You folks do know that Sid Sackson's family is auctioning off his game > collection and library of game design books, right? > Allan
The number of games is staggering. over 10,000. No where did I get the idea that they were selling the games to build a museum.If someone wanted to I'm sure you would have to fork over 100,000 to buy this collection. I think that you'll see a boat load of games appearing on ebay at the end of November bearing the 'Sid Sackson Collection' label. I'm sure that the game sellers and collectors are salivating over this collection.
If I were closer to New Jersey I'd be there in a heartbeat with a wad of cash. (I do not sell over ebay) I'm just a collector.
I wish Sid well and hope that the sale of the collection will help the family.
George Sauer III
"Richard Hutnik" <richardhut...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> If I were closer to New Jersey I'd be there in a heartbeat with a wad of > cash. (I do not sell over ebay) I'm just a collector.
Well, one hopes they are sold (on ebay or otherwise) to people who will actually PLAY them as opposed to just collect them (granted from the pictures, there seems to be quite a few stinkers in the collection)....
Anyway, this whole thing is one big hunk of depressing news. My best to Sid Sackson and his family as well.
I'm trying to noodle through whether some museum (like the Smithsonian) or a corporation might be interested in buying the whole collection to keep it together. I've sent a few e-mails to friends who might be in a position to know better than I; perhaps others can do the same.
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RStLoup <rstl...@aol.com> wrote: >I'm trying to noodle through whether some museum (like the Smithsonian) or a >corporation might be interested in buying the whole collection to keep it >together. I've sent a few e-mails to friends who might be in a position to >know better than I; perhaps others can do the same.
Although it does not, currently, have adequite display space for the games that it already has (it shifts its collection alot), there is the Museum and Archive of Games at the University. UW struck me as a tad odd for having an entire faculty devoted to recreational studies (sport mostly, but including boardgames).
I believe that the Museum and Archive of Games does have a web page, and a place to start looking for it would be www.uwaterloo.ca
> > Well, one hopes they are sold (on ebay or otherwise) to people who > > will actually PLAY them as opposed to just collect them
> I'm sure that's the primary concern behind what appears to be a sale to > help care for his health...
I'm not quite sure what you meant by this, but I assure you my comment was supposed to be a dig at the BUYERS--collectors who don't play the games they buy (and Sid Sackson just may have been one culprit, but that's beside the point)--and NOT in any way a dig at the SELLERS (the Sackson family). OF COURSE, I hope they make the most money possible from the auction. Sheesh! Along with the context of my comment, you snipped my sympathies for all involved, so I'll just repeat them here.
> I'm not quite sure what you meant by this, but I assure you my comment > was supposed to be a dig at the BUYERS--collectors who don't play the > games they buy
Who cares? If you don't like what they are doing with the games, then put your money where your mouth is and outbid them...
the Mav
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"Never give up -- never surrender!" Commander Peter Quincy Taggart
> > > Well, one hopes they are sold (on ebay or otherwise) to people who > > > will actually PLAY them as opposed to just collect them
> > I'm sure that's the primary concern behind what appears to be a sale to > > help care for his health...
> I'm not quite sure what you meant by this, but I assure you my comment > was supposed to be a dig at the BUYERS--collectors who don't play the > games they buy (and Sid Sackson just may have been one culprit, but > that's beside the point)--and NOT in any way a dig at the SELLERS (the > Sackson family). OF COURSE, I hope they make the most money possible > from the auction. Sheesh! Along with the context of my comment, you > snipped my sympathies for all involved, so I'll just repeat them here.
Aw, heck, collectors serve their purposes as well, by keeping out-of-print games available. They'll inevitably cycle items in and out, searching for more and more elusive and rare games, and they're likely to take better care of the games, since their storage facilities are often more elaborate than the casual player. Plus, once they pass on, their games will return to circulation, by one means or another.
Also, collectors and their obsessions often raise media awareness of games more than the actual possibility of playing a fun game in and of itself.
The roles aren't totally exclusive, either. I've got a copy of Arkham Horror, and I've been having trouble getting my current group to play it. In effect, I've collected it, rather than playing it, regardless of my original intent.
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