I'm thinking of selling some sealed games. WARNING: for the weak of heart

[understatement]

I would like some help in getting prices together for:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4829/dscf0724s.jpg

[Kitsune Sniper]

2.5k monies. *twitch*

[Ryaan1234]

http://i39.tinypic.com/105bodg.jpg

[understatement]

ROFL Sorry guys, maybe I should put a warning in the title.

[wingzrow]

You want us to price the ONLY sealed copy of keio flying squadron in existence? Good luck with that.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/4673/1265223066147.jpg

[portnoyd]

Depending on how much time you have to sell these, I would slab them all and watch the VGA cronies go apeshit over the Keio and Zelda, less but still apeshit over the other 3.

Seriously, you're looking at 500-1000 for each Keio and Zelda. Closer to 1000 with slabination.

[jonebone]

With the amount of wear on that Zelda Majora's Mask, I'd say it's about $50-$60.

[understatement]

With the amount of wear on that Zelda Majora's Mask, I'd say it's about $50-$60.

I think the "wear on the Zelda" is mostly from the flash the plastic only has one tear in it and that's in the middle of the left side. There's not even that much crushing in the box that's mostly from the flash and angle it's in.

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/5427/dscf0659y.jpg
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5629/dscf0663m.jpg

As for the VGA I have thought about it but...

1. What makes a 8.0 and up what do they look for? I could never find this on the site they like to dance around the question to leave the grading open. If I could meet face to face so I could ask, I would be more open to it.

2. They don't grade Sega CD, or Saturn games! :bawling:

[portnoyd]

With the amount of wear on that Zelda Majora's Mask, I'd say it's about $50-$60.

No way, $50? For a sealed Zelda game?

[Bojay1997]

No way, $50? For a sealed Zelda game?

I don't know, although the second picture looks better, there is corner wear, a tear in the wrap and some box crushing and even what looks like a cut or scratch on the left side. I don't know that a sealed collector would scoop it up. It might appeal to someone looking for a new copy that doesn't care about the box and is just gonna open it anyway. No way that breaks $100 in that condition though.

[portnoyd]

Damn. I thought of Zelda OoT sealed and even that doesn't break $200 unless it's the gold cart which is what I was thinking of. Nevermind.

But even not slabbed, that Keio has to be pretty valuable.

[jonebone]

Yeah I think I paid $53 last year at open auction for my Majora's Sealed and it doesn't have any tears in the shrink and very minimal wear at all. Maybe a very slight crushing on one side.

They really barely break $70 at auction no matter how MINT they are, it's not a rare title.

A sealed Zelda OoT is probably $125 is in the gray cart form. In the Collector's edition, a non-seamed version is around $200-$250 and a seamed version is probably double that.

[Kyle15]

Where in the world did you find a SEALED Keio?! @_@

[pseudonym]

There was a guy selling sealed copies of Keio Flying Squadron for $150 on AtariAge. I don't know if he sold them all, I assume the game's going rate is somewhere in that range.

[mobiusclimber]

I saw a sealed Keio on Ebay last year and it sold for around what the game usually sells for opened. Sorry if this info is no help, but thought I'd put it out there anyway.

[portnoyd]

Wow, damn.

So, understatement. I, uh, made an overstatement.

[Ed Oscuro]

Just some random thoughts:

Genesis sealedz, not too uncommon. Phantasy Star III, not the highest in demand of the series. Dunno on pricing but I wouldn't dump a lot of money on it.

Everything N64 seems to be pretty common and even to find sealed. Hell, I bought a nearly-sealed Majora's Mask of these very forums - some years ago but still. Also have bought & opened a Perfect Dark within the last couple of years.

Don't know much about the other games except to say that Keio always commands some attention.

[Bojay1997]

I saw a sealed Keio on Ebay last year and it sold for around what the game usually sells for opened. Sorry if this info is no help, but thought I'd put it out there anyway.

Keio is oddly not that rare to find sealed. I have probably seen 5-6 copies on Ebay in the past six months. They all sold for a minimum of $150-$250 each. Valuable, but not out of reach type stuff.

[understatement]

Man, it's starting to sound like I should just open this crap up and keep it, if they only go for what CIB copies go for.

[Scissors]

You could probably get $100 to $125 for Magic Knight Rayearth. If I recall correctly, Victor Ireland was selling autographed new copies on eBay up until a couple years ago for around $100 each.

[mobiusclimber]

Here's a recent sale for MKR sealed: Ebay. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Magic-Knight-Rayearth-Saturn-1998-NEW-SEALED-/250661181852?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a5c92199c)

[Tokimemofan]

I've seen Magic Knight Rayearth go for $80 in the wild, new. The market was flooded with this and a few other Working Designs titles 4 years ago when the company died.
Edit: Digimon and Zelda are extremely common and I doubt that they are worth more than $20 and $40 respectively

[jcalder8]

Man, it's starting to sound like I should just open this crap up and keep it, if they only go for what CIB copies go for.
If that's what you're thinking of doing I'd suggest trading them. Keep the sealed games sealed.

[mobiusclimber]

Edit: Digimon and Zelda are extremely common and I doubt that they are worth more than $20 and $40 respectively

Digimon World 3 is worth more than $20 opened.

[dodgeme]

You should open them and play them how games are meant to be used. Give all the sealed collectors a heart attack.

[Jaruff]

You should open them and play them how games are meant to be used. Give all the sealed collectors a heart attack.

If you do this, you have to record the unsealing on YouTube. You just have to.

[Lanzo]

hmm. Ya I don't know pricing too well but if I recall about a month ago someone on these forums said they picked up a sealed copy of OOT collectors sealed for 60. Probably had to do some searching.

[Ryaan1234]

If you do this, you have to record the unsealing on YouTube. You just have to.
Yes, but to put it up on YouTube you'd have to immediately light the games on fire after unsealing them LOL

[Tokimemofan]

Digimon World 3 is worth more than $20 opened.
Seems you're right looks like both of the titles I added are worth $50-60 new.

[Gaara_Of_the_Sand]

Yeah I think I paid $53 last year at open auction for my Majora's Sealed and it doesn't have any tears in the shrink and very minimal wear at all. Maybe a very slight crushing on one side.

They really barely break $70 at auction no matter how MINT they are, it's not a rare title.

A sealed Zelda OoT is probably $125 is in the gray cart form. In the Collector's edition, a non-seamed version is around $200-$250 and a seamed version is probably double that.

whats a seamed version?

[understatement]

Well, since I'm getting such conflicting info (some at 2k monies others at not much over $200 monies) I'll say what I was thinking price per game was then everyone can say how bad I'll be price gouging.

Digimon World 3___$60~$80 (I don't really know on this one but I do know CIB goes for $25~$40)

Zelda___________$80~$100 (a very maximum wear, sun faded one went for $70 on Ebay)

Phantasy Star 3__$??? (I have no clue on this one there's a sun faded VGA 9.0 for $450 so IDK maybe I'll VGA it and say $250)

Magic Knight Ray_$120~$150 (I've been keeping up with Victor Ireland's Ebay sales and if he had anything at $100 in the last 3 years I would have got it, most of his sealed games are reserved at $200 or more.)

Keio____________$250~$300 (maybe more I think the reason it goes for under that sometimes is it's so under the radar people don't know or think to look for it)

[gum_drops]

MKR used to be less (50-70) when there was still new old stock around on ebay, obviously its jumped up in price since those auctions dried up.

There was a guy about 4 years back that had a stock of old Sega CD games including several sealed KEIOs. I won two copies for 220.00 and 176.00. He sold several others, not sure the amounts but I think they were in the 160.00 to 250.00 range.

[understatement]

There was a guy about 4 years back that had a stock of old Sega CD games including several sealed KEIOs. I won two copies for 220.00 and 176.00. He sold several others, not sure the amounts but I think they were in the 160.00 to 250.00 range.

Yea, that's probably who I got mine from he put a new one up every few weeks but like MKR all that has dried up.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

So is ebay still the way to go with sealed games? Or is it all about Amazon these days?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Well, since I'm getting such conflicting info (some at 2k monies others at not much over $200 monies) I'll say what I was thinking price per game was then everyone can say how bad I'll be price gouging.

Sorry for that, I was just overwhelmed by the items in the post. XD

[understatement]

Sorry for that, I was just overwhelmed by the items in the post. XD

It's okay, as you can see with the prices that I put I don't think they're even near 1k but I do think they will/ should go for more than the same games open go for.

[mobiusclimber]

So is ebay still the way to go with sealed games? Or is it all about Amazon these days?

My vote goes for Amazon. Most sealed stuff I get in sells fairly quickly and for prices that would make Ebay store owners w/ high BINs blush.

[jonebone]

Everything N64 seems to be pretty common and even to find sealed. Hell, I bought a nearly-sealed Majora's Mask of these very forums - some years ago but still. Also have bought & opened a Perfect Dark within the last couple of years.


That's a bad example, Perfect Dark is probably the most available Sealed N64 title there is and is only worth about $10. That's like me saying "Everything SNES seems to be pretty common sealed" and then listing F-Zero and Space Invaders as my examples.


whats a seamed version?

Zelda OoT Collector's Edition came with two different seals. One with the traditional Vertical-Seam that you expect on most SNES and N64 sealed titles (N64 seals are complicated), and one without the seam. The V-Seam versions are much harder to find and worth at least 2-3x the value of the non-seamed version.

Non Seamed just ended on eBay for $178:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260637699240&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Mine (with the V-Seam) is not for sale, but would probably grade VGA 85 and I've turned down offers above $500 for it.