TOP 20 Most Expensive Sealed games of all time

[Bojay1997]

As more collectors enter the field, the games will inherently become harder to find. Prices on some things might drop, but rarity lists are pretty accurate anymore, and regioanl rarity only matters when shipping is high. Even if a case of 100 NIB NES SMB's popped up, the price won't drop much, as there is thousands who want them, and only 100 more added to the market.

Except you're forgetting how cyclic collecting can be. While there may be more collectors someday, there may also be less if people get older, lose interest, move on to other things, etc...Also, certain generations of consoles will undoubtedly be more popular at different times. For example, the 2600 and other early consoles have generally cooled off (although there is a core of people looking for the rarest of the rare and keeping those prices pretty healthy) while NES is super hot right now. As the next generation comes along, the NES will hold less nostalgia value and those collectors may be more interested in Playstaton or some other console library. The thing is, just like 1980s comics, when more people start collecting, you inevitably have a larger amount of high grade copies of various items being preserved and eventually, those copies go back into the market and prices decrease as people move on to other things and demand decreases.

[Sunnyvale]

Except you're forgetting how cyclic collecting can be. While there may be more collectors someday, there may also be less if people get older, lose interest, move on to other things, etc...Also, certain generations of consoles will undoubtedly be more popular at different times. For example, the 2600 and other early consoles have generally cooled off (although there is a core of people looking for the rarest of the rare and keeping those prices pretty healthy) while NES is super hot right now. As the next generation comes along, the NES will hold less nostalgia value and those collectors may be more interested in Playstaton or some other console library. The thing is, just like 1980s comics, when more people start collecting, you inevitably have a larger amount of high grade copies of various items being preserved and eventually, those copies go back into the market and prices decrease as people move on to other things and demand decreases.

I'll concede collecting does go in cycles. But it almost always comes back around if the item is rare/cool. I always think of MtG's dual lands as an example. When they left 1.5 in the late 90's-early 2000's (sorry if I've lost you here, please bear with me), the price plummeted. Then they jumped, cause everyone remembered they wanted them after all. Like Intellivision right now. Rock-bottom prices. But it will probably bounce back one day. When something becomes ass to the collectors, and it's htf, it usually becomes worth even more money a few years after it gets dumped.

I agree that many nice copies of old games are getting preserved, but to compare these to 80's comics is apples n oranges methinks. Almost no one bought 100 copies of any single 80's video game, kept them sealed for 20 years, and then started selling them. Tons of people bought 10 copies every #1 comic that the 80's vomitted at us (lots). Regional rarity kept the prices on comics respectable, but when Ebay hit... reality set in. We all know it's easy to find almost any Marvel Comic from the 80's on Ebay for dirt at any given time. People still do it with comics right now. People still go buy 2 copies of the X-Men or whatever, seal one and read the other. Do you do this with the big-boy games of today? You have a stack of sealed Super Mario Galaxies? Me either. Too damn expensive to do so. Some store owners will have that in 20 years, but the average collector, no way.

[Dark_Sol]

An interesting turn of a thread, dudes!

[Buyatari]

Except you're forgetting how cyclic collecting can be. While there may be more collectors someday, there may also be less if people get older, lose interest, move on to other things, etc...Also, certain generations of consoles will undoubtedly be more popular at different times. For example, the 2600 and other early consoles have generally cooled off (although there is a core of people looking for the rarest of the rare and keeping those prices pretty healthy) while NES is super hot right now. As the next generation comes along, the NES will hold less nostalgia value and those collectors may be more interested in Playstaton or some other console library. The thing is, just like 1980s comics, when more people start collecting, you inevitably have a larger amount of high grade copies of various items being preserved and eventually, those copies go back into the market and prices decrease as people move on to other things and demand decreases.

In the past 10 years or so comics have taken a strange turn. Many of the overprinted comics from the 90s are worth a fraction of the cover price but high grade copies of semi-rare books from the 70's are worth a fortune. Hulk 181 has broken 20k for example.

Another interesting spin is that the artwork from those same common 90's books is also selling for huge numbers. McFarlane Amazing Spiderman books have gone down in value but the actual cover artwork from those same books now sell for 50-100k. IF you can convince someone to sell one to you.

So the market for comic has expanded but the items that are considered valuable has become more focused the rarest items have gone through the roof and everything else is dirt cheap.

[Bojay1997]

In the past 10 years or so comics have taken a strange turn. Many of the overprinted comics from the 90s are worth a fraction of the cover price but high grade copies of semi-rare books from the 70's are worth a fortune. Hulk 181 has broken 20k for example.

Another interesting spin is that the artwork from those same common 90's books is also selling for huge numbers. McFarlane Amazing Spiderman books have gone down in value but the actual cover artwork from those same books now sell for 50-100k. IF you can convince someone to sell one to you.

So the market for comic has expanded but the items that are considered valuable has become more focused the rarest items have gone through the roof and everything else is dirt cheap.

I think that's really what I'm getting at. There are undoubtedly going to be rarities from every generation down the line, but people grabbing copies of million selling Wii and DS games and thinking that in a few years or even decades they will be worth thousands of dollars are in for a rude awakening. The original artwork or a rare promo copy or something else that is actually unusual related to that million seller? Sure, that could become very valuable.

Sure, after a few years it becomes difficult to find high grade examples of more recent games, even million sellers, however, there are undoubtedly lots of copies stashed in collections and squirreled away in warehouses, etc...Heck, there are people that now collect sealed bricks of DS and Wii games.

Comic collecting didn't really become mainstream until the early 80s, so it makes sense that 1970s and earlier comics would be much more valuable since there wasn't awareness or a mass of people preserving them. I think the same will be true for video games. The pre-1990s stuff will be more valuable down the line because far fewer people were collecting and frankly, you didn't have the same massive quantity overruns as publishers were pressing in the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM era when the physical media was of little value compared to cartridges which required a massive front-loaded investment.

[8-bit-dreams]

a sealed NES stadium events (NTSC) sells for $50,000 now on Ebay :)

[Sunnyvale]

a sealed NES stadium events (NTSC) sells for $50,000 now on Ebay :)

You mean it's listed for 50k, not selling. I could list a McD's Monopoly piece good for a free milkshake from 1999 on Ebay for 100k. It'd be the only one on there, but to say it then sells for that is inaccurate. It would just sit.

Like that 50k SE.

[8-bit-dreams]

You mean it's listed for 50k, not selling. I could list a McD's Monopoly piece good for a free milkshake from 1999 on Ebay for 100k. It'd be the only one on there, but to say it then sells for that is inaccurate. It would just sit.

Like that 50k SE.

OK. sorry my bad sir. i don't really speak and write English well. i meant listed or someone is trying to sell. :)

[Sunnyvale]

OK. sorry my bad sir. i don't really speak and write English well. i meant listed or someone is trying to sell. :)

No problem, it's a common mistake ;)

[Dark_Sol]

Beaglepuss teased me on the FLinstones price but hasn't disclosed it, maybe someone else knows?

[BeaglePuss]

Beaglepuss teased me on the FLinstones price but hasn't disclosed it, maybe someone else knows?

No one would know outside of those involved with the sale (myself, Mark, and MLN) as numbers have never been made public. Everything else (including the numbers in your original post) are purely (poor) speculation. If you want to know how much it sold for, you should just send me a PM and ask.

Good luck with the article!

[Dark_Sol]

No one would know outside of those involved with the sale (myself, Mark, and MLN) as numbers have never been made public. Everything else (including the numbers in your original post) are purely (poor) speculation. If you want to know how much it sold for, you should just send me a PM and ask.

Good luck with the article!
I was sure you won't tell me from the very beginning. But at least i tried. I guess now you can buy some more gay brothers for you to play with. lol

[mrmark0673]

I guess now you can buy some more gay brothers for you to play with. lol

PM sent on where to acquire gay brothers.

[Dark_Sol]

The whole family is here :)
CMON dudes unleash the numbers. The buyer will sell it anyway sooner or later...

[BeaglePuss]

I guess now you can buy some more gay brothers for you to play with. lol


CMON dudes unleash the numbers.
So you insinuate that Mark and I are homosexuals, and then immediately go on to ask for a favor? I have to say, that's not the most efficient way to go about business friendo. Having called me a "cancer" in the past, I'm at least happy to see that I'm moving up the hierarchy of your opinion. I would also think that it may impact your readership if you go on throwing hate-filled insults in a teaser thread.

As I said earlier in the thread, good luck with the article. It sounds like it's going to be a good one.

[mrmark0673]

The whole family is here :)
CMON dudes unleash the numbers. The buyer will sell it anyway sooner or later...

Unleash the numbers for what? If you want to know anything, just ask.

Good luck with the article!

[Dark_Sol]

I'll just write 10000$ then. Seems like a good number

[BeaglePuss]

also please post prices. Not only : "game this and game that would prolly..."

I'll just write 10000$ then. Seems like a good number

That doesn't seem right. Why would you want to add some arbitrary number to an article about solid sales figures? Why not just send Mark a PM and discuss it there? No need to derail your own thread.

Again, the article has a lot of potential so I don't see why the need for all the insults drama. Hard numbers are what people will want to read about, and all the guff here just takes away from that.

Good luck with the article my good man!

[Dark_Sol]

Please do not crap the thread anymore, dudes! Thanx good gay men!
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[BeaglePuss]

Some of that message has been cut off so you can't read the entire thing, but the premise is there. It's also a big no-no posting the contents of a PM. ultimately, you managed to do a wonderful job of killing your own thread still. By you posting the contents of a PM we had together makes you look even worse. The fact that I won't post the contents of your hate-filled PMs to me should say something about both of us. If you have a problem with me, keep it off the forums and in PMs please.

[Dark_Sol]

Well, i just wanted to end the "good helpful guys" comedy you've started. And that's it. I am done with you both, good dudes. :bareass:

[BeaglePuss]

Well, i just wanted to end the "good helpful guys" comedy you've started. And that's it. I am done with you both, good dudes. :bareass:

I was one of the few willing to help from the start lol! You didn't like where our conversation (a private one at that) was going, it devolved into some back-and-forth, and you go ahead and post the contents of my (reactionary) PM. Classy move my man. Nice job "exposing" (figuratively) us I guess?



Honestly, who gives a shit? And if you can find someone who gives a shit, find a really big stick and start hitting them. Hard.

This summed up this thread/article long before you decided to bait me back into it.

[Haskellj]

If anyone is interested, I have a mint, factory sealed Bubble Bobble 2 for sale. Just PM me if you're interested.

[wiggyx]

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