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NES Sells For Over $13,000 On Ebay
Topic Started: Feb 15 2010, 04:48:56 PM (1,192 Views)
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An eBay user thought she was putting an everyday Nintendo system up for auction but may not have expected a final selling price of thousands.

Everyday folk discovering colossally valuable collectors' items amid everyday junk has been the lifeblood of antiques shows for years, but it's not every day you see a real-life gold-in-the-attic tale play out on eBay.

The woman, from the US, placed the 1980s Nintendo Entertainment System (together with five games) up on the popular auction site.

Less than an hour after the first bid, the price was over $US6000.

When the auction closed, the final selling price topped $US13,105.

The value was not in the console itself but one of the games bundled with it. The deeply obscure 1987 release called Stadium Events, a highly sought-after collectors' item.

However, it was not the game itself that was worth the bulk of the money, it was the original cardboard box, which collectors value at a breathtaking $US10,000.
Fewer than 10 complete copies of the game are thought to exist and retro gaming aficionados consider it one of the hardest-to-find Nintendo games ever made.

Source: Yahoo7
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A cardboard box worth $10,000? o.o

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*In its original box*
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IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!
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Dollars that is.
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Wow! Just for a box, person has no life.
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Oh dear, you folks certainly didn't read the article. The bulk on the money was from a game which was recalled shortly after being in production due to a name-change to one of the peripherals.

The game was fully intact, with peripheral, box and manual. They say only 10 copies of the game are still intact.
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Well yeah the game is worth alot, gettaload of this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/STADIUM-EVENTS-FOR-NINTENDO-NES-RARE-COMPLETE_W0QQitemZ120530762830QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item1c10317c4e
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I have a fairly Rare N64 game in Australia, Paper Mario. It goes for hundreds of dollars on Ebay, and I got the game for nothing. Literally, I borrowed it off my cousin and never gave it back, and since then he has sold his N64 and just doesn't care anymore.

According to this: http://www.retrogames.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=27&chapter=0//url

The game it self (without the box, is worth $110)

SCORE!
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Paper Mario?! You're kidding? O.O

I have the game as well. Bought it for whatever the price was. :P Great game, too. I had no idea it was so rare though.

Lol, and when you said "Rare", I though you meant Rareware. :P
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Well if you ever plan on selling it, look forward to some money in the bank!
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Unfortunately it's actually my brother's game, so he'd kill me if I tried to sell it. ._. Though if I did sell it, I'd insta-buy-it again for VC.

As for other games that I have that are on the list:
Super Mario Bros 2 | NES | I think I still have the box
Donkey Kong Arcade Classic Series | NES | If they mean 'Donkey Kong Classics', then yeah, I have it.
N64 Console - Complete with Controller & Leads | N64 | Two in fact. :P The AV leads on my first one are pretty stuffed though. O.o
Banjo Tooie | N64 | Loved this game and probably wouldn't sell it... ever... even if I bought it on XBLA
CONKERS BAD FUR DAY | N64 | Same as Banjo Tooie
Donkey Kong 64 | N64 | I'm surprised that the price is still under $100, even if it was packaged with the expansion pack. ;_;
Mario Kart 64 | N64 | HA! Good luck getting me to sell this.
Pokemon Stadium 2 | N64 | I'm pretty sure the one I have was the last one in the shop. I'll never sell, because I'll always need it for my Pogemanz.
Super MARIO 64 | N64 | Yeah, no chance of selling this either, unless I re-bought on VC.
Yoshi's Story | N64 | Really? Yoshi Story? *Possibility of selling here*
ANIMAL CROSSING with Memory Card | GC | Not selling
DONKEY KONGA Jungle Beat + Drums | GC | Possible.
PAPER MARIO Thousand Year Door | GC | HEEEEEELL NO!
Super SMASH BROS. Melee | GC | Nope.

Yeah... so many games that I just couldn't bear to part with. ;_;
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When I was moving, I had the original boxes for Donkey Konga and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. But I threw them out because I didn't think I needed them.

Man, what was I thinking, the boxes preserve the value of the games.
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Indeed they do. Not to mention my Mum is always trying to throw out my games boxes, so I have to hide them from her. ;_;
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I read the article, it's still ridiculous.

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I will never sell any of my video games until the system they're for dies.
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I will never sell any of my video games until the system they're for dies.
Neither will I.....unless I get offered 10K for it.
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I heard about this a while ago. Its pretty good money for the woman who was selling it.
Me, Id hold onto it for longer so its price would go up even more. :P
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If only the Dashing NES sold for that much. :P
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Dashing itself would sell for more then that! Probably sevenfold!
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