VGA rated NWC Gold cart on eBay

[Bojay1997]

Yeah, that makes zero sense. To the buyer who has purchased something at $27K, it makes no sense not to publicize that price as they would want the market to see that as the new benchmark so when they go to sell it will go up from that point. Similarly, other sellers want to know what the market price is at any given point so they can price accordingly. Even the person who sold it shouldn't care if the final price is revelaed since they no longer own the item. The only people benefitted by hiding actual prices are speculators who want to generate so much hype that they pump values up quickly and make the maximum profit. If there really were NWC golds changing hands at above $17K, I'm pretty sure it would have come out by now.

Just because other rare sealed NES items have gone up in value doesn't mean the NWC stuff has as well. In fact, I would suspect most sealed NES collectors could care less about the NWC gold or gray since it was never a retail release and it was never sold sealed. That's not to say that it has no value, only that $17K is probably still around where it's at if you can even find a willing buyer and seller which is a very big if on both sides of the transaction.

An outdated price point on a rare item that never changes hands is almost meaningless. It's good data to know, but will likely have little bearing on the outcome of a new sale.

I've noticed that NWC Grays have gone from $4k to $6k to probably $8k-$10k right now, if you get a nice conditioned copy. Obviously torn labels / worn copies would go less.

With the prices on almost anything "rare" for NES literally doubling or tripling within the past year or two, the NWC Gold is likely due for a jump.

But, this is all just my opinion. No, I do not have any sales data to reveal, and I'm sure buyers / sellers of these items want to keep it private for this exact reason. If word got out that someone paid $27k or whatever, then everyone instantly refers to it as worth $27k. If that $27k sale happens but is kept quiet, everyone continues to refer to it as worth $17k. See how it works?