Former Member of Videogame Press Introduction, Collection and Question

[videogame_rarities]

Hello Collectorsedition.org!

Here's my story, a quick introduction to my collection and a question for this community.

I used to be a member of the videogame press for more than 15 years. During that time, I went to E3 every year, met pretty much every big name in the industry and was given a huge amount of press kits, t-shirts and other promotional material. I was never a huge collector, and so I gave away most of my promo games and t-shirts. However, I did appreciate the nicer press boxes, and traded or even bought a few for myself from colleagues of mine. I remember the Ico box with the candle costing me a pretty penny.

I will take pictures of my collection (a large portion of which I am now ready to part ways with), but it consists of nice promotional boxes (the huge GT5 tin box comes to mind) statues (I've got one of the 400 Murder of Crows statues standing on my bookshelf) and some of those Xbox 360 faceplates that people went nuts for a few years ago.

The unique thing about my collection is that many of my games and/or posters are signed by their creators. I have photos to prove their validity, and I think it adds a nice touch.

Just a few days ago, I came to the realization that I wanted to part ways with most of my collection. It's mostly a matter of no longer having the time or the room for this stuff, but also other priorities.

In selling them, I would of course like for my rarities, some of which I've had in my possession for 10+ years, to generate some money. But I also want them to end up with nice people who appreciate their - with the risk of sounding pretentious - cultural value. That's why I was really happy stumbling upon this place earlier today - the community seems truly awesome!

So, I have a question for you! What seems to be the most effective way of selling rarities like signed games and boxes, in your estimation? Perhaps posting to eBay and then letting everyone here know?

Thanks, and I look forward to spending some time here, until my collection - one way or another - has switched owners.