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?

 

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

 

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/10/old-nintendo-nes-sys.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Bloglines

 

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/old-nintendo-system-sells-for-13-105/1389101

I'm the one who bought it.

Yeah I'm sure you were the one...

 

 

 

 

Prove it my dear :smartass:

 

Fair enough, old game, collectors value it, etc