buddahj Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 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. Last week, North Carolina eBay user lace_thongs35 thought she was putting up an everyday, 80s-era Nintendo Entertainment System (together with five games) up on the popular auction site. But less than an hour after the first bid, the price was over $6,000 -- and on Wednesday, when the auction closed, the final selling price topped $13,000. Why? Not the console itself, but one of the games bundled with it -- a deeply obscure 1987 release called Stadium Events, a highly sought-after collectors' item. But it wasn't even the game itself that was worth the bulk of the money -- it was the original cardboard box, which collectors value at a breathtaking $10,000. Fewer than 10 complete copies of the game are thought to exist, and retro gaming aficionados consider it one of the hardest-to-find NES games ever made. Bet you're wishing you hadn't let Mom throw out your Nintendo collection now, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 dammit, I still have my NES and its cardboard box... but no "Stadium Events" game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Yeah, I still have mine with a bunch of original games and boxes...but not that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 So I don't get it. If a game REALLY sucks and they only made 10 copies... It's now valuable? I had plenty of NES games but why would I buy one that sucks so bad they canned it after 10 copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I wonder what that Pong system I bought for $29.95 back in the day would be worth now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 So I don't get it. If a game REALLY sucks and they only made 10 copies... It's now valuable? I had plenty of NES games but why would I buy one that sucks so bad they canned it after 10 copies. It has nothing to do w/how good the game is. It's old and rare, therefore it's valuable. It's so obvious that I'm kicking myself for not seeing this and scooping up a bunch of old Nintendos, Intellivisions etc back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...#ht_1147wt_1167 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdrudge Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I got kind of excited and was going to call my parents after seeing what the game looked like to see if they still had our Power Pad and World Class Track Meet. Then I read the wiki page where the valuable game was what WCTM was prior to being rebranded. Oh well. I guess back to playing our pong system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I had one of these we picked up at a garage sale back in the 80's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) same thing goes with old pink Hot Wheels. In 68 Mattel wanted to capture some girls market share and made some cars in pink. no boys wanted them so they hung and weren't bought. now those pink ones are some of the one worth the most Edited February 13, 2010 by loaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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