How much should I offer for this NES collection?

[Steven]

Thinking of getting back into it.

Got an email from my friend saying his cousin is looking to move his NES and 129 games. Here is the list below. How much should I offer? Would $500 be a low-ball offer? That'd be $3.87 per game, NOT counting the system. I have no clue what the NES market is like, so hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

The games are cartridge only, unless specified. He says most of them are in very good condition.


-NES original system, with hookup's and controller in very good condition

3-D Battles of Worldrunner
8 Eyes
Abadox
Adventure Island
Adventure Island II
Adventures of Lolo
Alien Syndrome
Athena
Bad News Baseball (CIB)
Balloon Fight
Base Wars: Cyber Stadium Series
Baseball Stars II
Batman
Battle of Olympus, The
Big Nose the Caveman
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Blaster Master
Bubble Bobble
Bucky O'Hare
Castlequest
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Circus Caper
Clash At Demonhead
Code Name: Viper
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Crystalis
Darkman
Darkwing Duck
Day Dreamin' Davey
Demon Sword
Digger T. Rock: The Legend of the Lost City
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dribble
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
Dragon Warrior
DuckTales
Faxanadu
Flintstones, The: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
Gargoyle's Quest II
Gauntlet II
Godzilla
Goonies II
Gradius
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Guardian Legend, The
Guerrilla War
Heavy Barrel
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Jackal
Joe & Mac
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
Karnov
Kick Master
Kickle Cubicle
Kid Icarus
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Kid Kool (CIB)
Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
Kings of the Beach
Kirby's Adventure
KlashBall
Krion Conquest, The
Kung Fu
Legacy of the Wizard
Legend of Kage, The
Legend of Zelda, The
Legendary Wings
Life Force
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
M.C. Kids
Magic of Scheherazade, The
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Mendel Palace
Metal Storm (with box)
Metroid
Mighty Bomb Jack
Milon's Secret Castle
Monster Party
Ninja Kid
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
Phantom Fighter
Predator
Rad Racer
Rad Racer II
Renegade
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robo Warrior
Rolling Thunder Unlicensed
Rygar
Section Z
Seicross
Shatterhand
Snake Rattle N Roll
Solomon's Key
Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos
Spot
Spy Hunter
StarTropics
Strider
Super C
TaleSpin
Target: Renegade
Tecmo Super Bowl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Totally Rad
Treasure Master
Trog!
Trojan
Vice: Project Doom
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
Whomp 'Em
Willow
Wizards & Warriors
Wizards & Warriors III
Wrath of the Black Manta
Xexyz
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

I'm thinking of offering him $500 for all this -- too low, too high? Just right?

[bust3dstr8]

The main store I shop at has NES commons for 2-3 bucks.
This lot has some popular games that a worth a few bucks more.
When someone sells a larger lot like that they will not get the value of
the carts as if they where sold seperately.
$350 is a fair price I would think, seeing it's a friends relative.

[Cornelius]

Yeah, 500 is quite generous. Since it is a large lot you shouldn't look to pay 'retail' for those games, and a large number of them can be picked up individually off ebay for about $4. I'd be looking to pay maybe up to whatever 2.50 a game works out to or less. But I wouldn't bring up the per game cost, you want to talk full amount because it sounds so much better to say 'I'll give you $300 bucks for your old crap' than $2 a game for games you took years to accumulate, some of which you probably paid 40 bucks for originally. And you can leave the console out unless it is boxed and in great condition, since sooner or later you can find one for $15 or less pretty easily.

btw, who puts together that many games and doesn't have a single SMB game?

[ssjlance]

Nothing too rare, although the Mega Man games are popular and kind of tough to come by as a result. Other than that 250 to 350 sounds good.

[mailman187666]

I'd say offer him $300 for the lot, and if he doesn't wanna take it, throw him an extra $50 and see if he bites. If you want the lot just to play and not to re-sell or anything, I'd say go as high as 400 if he doesn't do $350. If you want it bad enough, I'd do it like that if I were you. You can also find similar lots with a bit better games for around the $500 you want to spend.

[mb7241]

Yeah, what the other guys said was right...$300-$350 should be the range to aim for. Btw, that complete Kid Kool and the loose Kid Klown are probably the most difficult to find of the bunch, unless Ninja Kid is the 3-screw variant, in which case it'd be somewhat further up in rarity (about an R7, according to the list at NintendoAge).