I have somthing like 4000+ magazines/zines now.. but a lot of them (thankfully) you aren't collecting.. like the zines..

Brette:)

Interesting! I love how eclectic some of your foci are.

Here is another question: Does the Library of Congress have a collection. Should it?

mattc5000 wrote:Does anyone have a good spreadsheet checklist.  If not, I would be happy to post mine.  It has what I think would be necessary to build a complete "one-of" collection and I would love to see if anyone could add info on what I am missing.

It also has FASA Battletech, Star Fleet Battles and original Paranoia.

Anyone want it, and or know of a good way to post it?

Matt

in these days of excel it is much easier to track this stuff. my current tallies of single items (no doubles included) are:
5565 frp modules/rulebooks etc.
2095 magazines
   48 manuscripts (like Rob Kuntz's 1978 Ruins of the Seer adventure)
   52 tournament adventures (1980 gencon ad&d open master copy)
   41 old tsr (catchall for stuff like Tom Wham's 1978 gencon program)
but again, i don't actively collect any non-frp, so i have no star frontiers, or indiana jones, nor for that matter star wars, or star trek. and my collection is from 1974-2003, so i have only the start of v3.5      **it was pointed out to me that my chainmails & domesdays & a few other things predate 1974**

sauromatian wrote:
Publishers are required by law to send "best quality" copies of everything to LoC (a photocopied ashcan edition won't do). I don't think this is enforced, so a lot of amateur press goes uncollected.

Ah didn't know that, thanks sauro.

I have a dream: to collect it all up to second edition and then donate it all to the LoC for posterity.

stratochamp wrote:and Improvstone won the bottle city auction (although i pushed him to $3500).

i've seen that personally when i was over there and went to visit him - that is one most impressive item mike, like most folk today, is far too busy with work and life generally to give collecting much time (sadly).

Al

i got an original typed & handwritten version with extensive notes of city of the revenaunt (initial spelling i guess) and yes it it a very interesting read. not bidding more on the planes of existence manuscript is a regret.