U.S. Sonic with UPC sells for $981.33
The Holy Grail of U.S. Master System collecting has sold on eBay for $981.33:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260908526468
I bid $877.77 and thought I had a good chance of winning as the auction was only at $250 with about 20 minutes left. Looks like I wasn't particularly close as I was outbid by at least two people. Did anyone else here bid on this?
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If I were collecting Master System games, I'd just buy a PAL copy.
It seems I should print some UPC stickers.... Yikes.
<Sothy> its the internet <Sothy> who cares
Originally Posted by Daltone
These are the same two thoughts that popped into my head upon seeing the auction too.
Hahaha there you go. Really would there even be a way to authenticate them? If you got a sealed PAL version anyone could print an exact sticker and slap it on there if they had the scan.
[quote name='Shidou Mariya' date='Nov 17 2010, 10:05 PM' post='4889940']
I'm a collector, but only to a certain extent.
Not as extreme as Rickstilwell though.[/quote]
This was my auction.
Let's just say I'm pleasantly suprised with the outcome.
Last edited by wallydawg; 12-10-2011 at 10:01 PM.
Well congratulations!This was my auction.
I can only hope to have your good fortune one day!
Diabetes Sucks!
If this gets even a fraction of the press that other high profile games have recently I'd put money on it happening very soon if it hasn't already.
Given how simple and arcane UPC stickers/codes tend to be, I'd have a hard time imagining how. Outside of judging the sticker based on its perceived age (which could also probably be faked) I can't think of any way to do it. It's just an extremely unusual situation. Basing such a huge value difference on the presence of a simple sticker is like valuing a game based on the generic epilepsy warning fliers that get packed with some games.
Last edited by TonyTheTiger; 12-11-2011 at 12:01 AM.
I bid $301 and was winning for 6 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes. I knew I wouldn't win but I was thinking it would only go for $500 or so.
People are retards bidding on this for this much
It's just a PAL copy, Sega Just threw the sticker on
Damn. I wish that was part of the Master System lot I found.
ALL HAIL THE 1 2 P
What a weird scenario with this game. So it's exactly the same as a European copy except with a UPC sticker slapped on? I don't get why people would pay so much extra for that. It's still the exact same product, just with an added piece of packaging to distribute it in another region. They all came from the same manufacturing line. It would like if people spent a bunch more to get the b/w Neo Geo Pocket games that SNK made available by mail-order in the US as long as they had proof that those copies were mailed from the US branch, since the games themselves were the exact same ones made for Europe (if I'm remembering all of this right, correct me if I got any details wrong).
I have to agree there
It's just a Sticker on the Box
I guess I'll pop in here as well. I was #2. And I also thought there would be no way anyone would come close to my bid.
Be Attitude For Gains...
Congratulation!This was my auction.
Let's just say I'm pleasantly suprised with the outcome.
Although I do find it silly spending so much cash on basically a sticker+bragging rights I know that many would find the money and time I've put into my hobbies also excessive. So whatever I suppose, people will spend their money on anything and again congrats.
One of these needs to turn up new and graded, I'd like to see how much that would go for.
One reason it might be hard to fake though is that there probably aren't too many sealed PAL copies either.
[quote name='Shidou Mariya' date='Nov 17 2010, 10:05 PM' post='4889940']
I'm a collector, but only to a certain extent.
Not as extreme as Rickstilwell though.[/quote]
Wow.
Amazing
Last edited by tom; 12-11-2011 at 03:30 AM.
I second this.
Seriously, people are damn stupid.
Proud owner of a Neo 25 Neo Geo Candy Cab!
Sealed I can more than understand. That's marvelous rare.
But on a copy you can't verify its contents were from the US branch? Idiotic by any stretch.
Lum fan.
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