Vintage Atari 5200 Brown Leather Slip Cover

[Jessebob830]

I bought a boxed Atari 5200, and when I opened it up, the console was covered (aside from the bottom) with a light brown leather/suade slip cover. It has the Atari logo and says Atari 5200 on it. Could not find any info on eBay or even searching Google on the rarity or the value of something like this. Can someone give me some insight?

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

hmmm....did it look anything like this?

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/202924-custom-dust-covers-for-classic-consolesfor-sale/

[Schizophretard]

I have an original one. It doesn't say 5200. It just has the Atari logo.

[peedenmark7]

I have 3 original covers...They all look like this.

[Jessebob830]

I was looking at those.

 

Here is what mine looks like:

 

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[Jessebob830]

So value wise, what do the originals fetch?

[walter_J64bit]

not much you can get them on e-bay.

[Atari the Jedi]

I got some new black ones from eBay pretty snappy. There's a seller who makes them for various systems. I bought one for my 2 and my 4 ports. Totally Rad!

[Schizophretard]

I have an original one. It doesn't say 5200. It just has the Atari logo.

 

Edit: I was incorrect. It does say 5200. There is one new in box for $99 on eBay. It has 2 offers so, they must think it is worth less. A loose one would be worth even less than that.

[peedenmark7]

Edit: I was incorrect. It does say 5200. There is one new in box for $99 on eBay. It has 2 offers so, they must think it is worth less. A loose one would be worth even less than that.

 

That seller is usually high on every Atari item he lists. I'll readily admit though that I made a couple of "must have" purchases from him early on , but learned real quick my money goes much further elsewhere.

I've seen several boxed covers in the past 2 years sell on ebay for less than $50...Then again I've seen a few go for more, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. . I find and pass over nice used ones with frequency for $15-20.

 

It's nice to have an original or two for your collection, but if you are actually using them, I'd spend the money on one of those black ones that are embroidered on ebay. BTW; She will make whatever you want !

Edited November 3, 2012 by peedenmark7

[fernando marrin]

 

 

That seller is usually high on every Atari item he lists. I'll readily admit though that I made a couple of "must have" purchases from him early on , but learned real quick my money goes much further elsewhere.

I've seen several boxed covers in the past 2 years sell on ebay for less than $50...Then again I've seen a few go for more, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. . I find and pass over nice used ones with frequency for $15-20.

 

It's nice to have an original or two for your collection, but if you are actually using them, I'd spend the money on one of those black ones that are embroidered on ebay. BTW; She will make whatever you want !

 

 

Bought the black ones for lots of systems,

They're top notch,

Especially the saturn and vectrex / all Atari systems