well for me collecting bronze era game's the market has all but dried up ,the value is at a all time low, 2 years ago i was buying B+W game for $200 as a average now that same game is selling for half or less then half, i had a Smokey Joe cab i could not give away, well i went to look at it today, water damage from sitting in my shed with all the rain the roof leaked so off to the dump, the monitor is worth more to me then anything, because there are fewer and fewer monitors for sale.
I try to sell as much bronze era games to another collector to save them. there are a few bronze era game titles that still hold some value but not many Like Death Race,Pong,and Nutting,Fonz games still have value. if there is a B+W game i want i do not mind spending money, but at that there are not many games i want,i have a game on ebay cheap(under $100) not one offer, 2 years ago it would of sold it as soon as it hit e bay, so if it does not sell it is worth more in parts then whole. again i see it as what i collect in games titles, my 2 Cts.