I'm all for dump+release, but it's better to track down the history of these as well. Haven't even heard of that Argonaut title before. Of course he isn't going to sell any of it. It's memorabilia, not just some collection.
What about the people who pay the 8X price from the resellers. Is it ok for those people to try and buy them before the resellers get them?
aside from the proto's there, i would love to have the pocket power mag there.... i remember getting it as a kid when i went to the movie and i've been searching for it - with no luck
It seems one of the buyers recently decided to show what he got. SNES CD Technical documents Mer Wars Newsletter on the strategy to introduce Final Fantasy to American players an some other interesting things here.
Howard is willing, and in fact very happy to be able to sell his prototypes. I personally bought a few copies of John Smith: Secret Agent from him. He was even nice enough to throw in some goodies.