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NES and 5 Games for $13,000

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  • 11-02-2010 9:09pm
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    Tallon
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    http://gamercrave.com/woman-sells-nes-stadium-events-for-13000-on-ebay/1800/

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    Isn’t this how all rare collectible stories go? A woman in Haw River, N.C., dug out the old Nintendo Entertainment System and five games from her closet for sale on eBay. As she put it:

    I HAVE HAD THIS STORED IN THE CLOSET FOR YEARS FOR MY KIDS TO PLAY BUT THE WAY THAT ELECTRONICS COME & GO AND CHANGE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT THEY WANTED ALL OF THE NEW HOT ITEMS OF THEIR OWN NOW AND NOW IT’S TIME TO GET RID OF THINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING USED OR WANTED.

    Turns out, one of those games was Stadium Events, whose American NTSC version is one of the rarest NES games in existence. That the auction included the box and manual seriously sweetened the deal, as one BoingBoing commenter pegged the box at $9,000, the manual at $1,500 and the game for $2,000. Bidding closed at $13,105.

    As a game, Stadium Events is nothing special, a set of track and field events using Bandai’s Family Fun Fitness Pad. Nintendo wanted to license the game and sell it as World Class Track Meet, bundled with the iconic Power Pad. However, due to a miscommunication, Bandai sold the game for a brief period in a Woolworth’s department store before Nintendo secured the rights and recalled Stadium Events. It’s said that collectors own less than 10 copies. Guess the seller’s kids can get all the hot new items now.


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    o1s1n
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    Here's the auction -

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370330327400

    Imagine having that sitting stored away, for all those years, not knowing. Madness.


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    Atavan-Halen
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    Maybe I'll ask the buyer can I just have the NES :pac:

    The auction started at $9.99 aswell.


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    o1s1n
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    Crazy, you can buy the cart for $500. It's just the box that's pushing the value up. It's worth about $10,000 or so. For a box.

    A box.

    ...

    People are insane.


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    Atavan-Halen
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    Well there is the illustrious manual and dust cover, yes a dust cover!


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    imitation
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    Madness.

    Maybe I should produce some shovelwave for the WII, withdraw it after 10 copies sell and then 20 years down the line I can make a tidy sum on selling original boxed copies to loopers.


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    Brian CivilEng
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    Do you reckon that game will ever get played again? Such a waste.


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    o1s1n
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    Brian Con wrote: »
    Do you reckon that game will ever get played again? Such a waste.

    Reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer is Mr. Burns 'monkey'.

    He gives him a load of cash, makes him go into Comic Book guy's store and buy Spiderman #1...then eats it.

    Some things are better left untouched!


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    Brian CivilEng
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    I'm just picturing James May bidding on a model train set at an auction full of collectors, then when he picks up the mint condition trainset in it's original packageing, he throws away the box and goes home to play with it.


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    Jack burton
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    Check the bidding history on the ebay page, some guy lost out by 2 seconds


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    Myrddin
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    Jack burton wrote: »
    Check the bidding history on the ebay page, some guy lost out by 2 seconds

    Thats some serious sniping action :eek:


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    batari
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    Personally I love seeing stuff like this happening, it makes collecting games look a bit more serious than people think.

    Had to laugh reading the nintendoage thread, the seller got all excited that she could buy more 'Bratz' for her collection with her winnings, then later on in the thread mentioned that she didn't get the whole gaming collecting scene, she grew out of it years ago! Bratz?!:D


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    Xluna
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    ......I'll just emulate it,pretend I have the box and save myself over ten Grand.:pac:


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    Ronan|Raven
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    If only the seller knew my Credit Card was declined.


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    Atavan-Halen
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    Xluna wrote: »
    ......I'll just emulate it,pretend I have the box and save myself over ten Grand.:pac:

    Paint the cover onto a cornflake box et voila!


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    imitation
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    Xluna wrote: »
    ......I'll just emulate it,pretend I have the box and save myself over ten Grand.:pac:

    I wouldnt even bother emulating it, it looks cack.


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    Jack burton
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    Does this make the new top spot for monst valubale game?? I Know the gold world championship nes cart is about $10'000 and a signed complete tetris for the megadrive went for about $11'000


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    Atavan-Halen
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    Minus the cost of the NES and other games it came with, but yeah it could well be.


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    Jack burton
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    Well say 100 for the other games, its still 1000-2000 well over, quick sombody call guinness world records


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    Atavan-Halen
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    I don't have them on speed-dial :(


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    Jack burton
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    Me neither, its alright though, I just leaned out my window and said "HEY YO!"

    and anbody here hasnt seen rocky II then go watch it right now, even better come to my house and we can get a nice bottle of wine and watch it together


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    Atavan-Halen
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    Err, I'll pass thanks :P And I've seen enough Rocky to last me a lifetime.


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    #23
    Duggy747
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    €13,000 for a box? The game isn't even that good!!

    Are you fùckin' kidding me!?! Madness! If I was a tyrant millionare I'd buy this game & record a video of me destroying it, just cuz I'd be all rich and evil :D


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