HERITAGE ADDS VINTAGE GRADED VIDEO GAMES TO ITS SIGNATURE AND WEEKLY AUCITONS 2 2

[Chicago Boy]

3 hours ago, Bronty said:

First round ended strong.   Second round doing well also with maybe 5 days left

Thanks Bronty. Any big ticket items ( ie 5-6 digits )

[Bronty]

There will be some consignments like that, I understand, but not until the Signature.    Still the prices were strong for what was consigned.   They are building up to the better items later.   Biggest sale in round 1 was 3300.   I would have expected much less. 

Edited January 16, 2019 by Bronty

[ComicConnoisseur]

Quote me on this one folks.

The best investment will be those first Pokemon games on the Gameboy.

Pokemon in the late 1990s is the Amazing Spider-Man of issues 1-50.

Get those original Pokemon games now in top condition before the bull run.

 

[Bronty]

They are common but have done well over the years already yeah.    I remember I used to think of them as toilet paper and now they go for decent amounts sometimes.

Not sure I see them conquering the world but I'm sure they will do well over time.

Edited January 16, 2019 by Bronty

[Pete Marino]

21 hours ago, COMICCONNOISSEUR said:

Quote me on this one folks.

The best investment will be those first Pokemon games on the Gameboy.

Pokemon in the late 1990s is the Amazing Spider-Man of issues 1-50.

Get those original Pokemon games now in top condition before the bull run.

 

I'm amazed with Pokemon's longevity.

My sister-in-law's 6 year old is obsessed with pokemon.

[Bronty]

looks like a few of the signature auction items posted.

Loose stadium events

Loose starfox competition

dragon warrior prototype

sealed - SMB, DW4, Link, Drac X, Chrono Trigger

[Bronty]

looks like heritage has MTG cards in the auction too.   And a MTG painting.   

I'd guess they are trying to launch a couple new categories here after letting them incubate in comics.

[Timely]

I've got 7 N64 games & 1 Sega Genesis game to sell, all of which I bought new.  Actually, the N64 Star Wars game I never opened, still factory sealed!

Edited January 30, 2019 by Timely

[Bronty]

Not a desirable one unfortunately.  You should be able to look the rest up on eBay pretty easily by searching cib and the title

[ComicConnoisseur]

WHY THIS ULTRA-RARE SUPER MARIO BROS. NES CARTRIDGE SOLD FOR OVER $100,000?

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/15/what-makes-this-super-mario-bros-nes-cartridge-so-rare-sells-for-record-breaking-100150

BY SAMUEL CLAIBORN This week a copy of Super Mario Bros., at first glance indistinguishable from the one gathering dust in your parents' attic, sold for $100,150. According to Heritage Auctions, this "set a world record for a graded game," which means perhaps it didn't have that much dust on it, according to Wata Games, which graded it at 9.4, or Near Mint. But, you might be wondering as you rush over your parents' attic: Why is this simple cartridge, box, and manual worth over one-hundred thousand dollars?

 

To answer that question, we turned to one of collecting's foremost experts and Co-Owner of Pink Gorilla Games in Seattle, Kelsey Lewin, who explained:

"In 1985 through parts of 1986, Nintendo began releasing the NES as part of a test market launch, testing the waters in specific cities before launching country-wide. This began in NYC, followed by LA, and then Chicago, San Francisco, etc., before it eventually reached the entire country. This first print run of NES systems and games was super small, and the games weren't shrink-wrapped, but rather sealed with one of two plain black stickers that said "Nintendo" on them: a matte one in 1985, and a glossy one in 1986."

 

So its the historical significance of this particular sticker and the way the game is packaged is the allure. There just aren't many of these out there before shrink-wrap became common -- the NES wasn't exactly a hit at launch.

Lewin continues:

"The $100k Super Mario Bros is sealed with a gloss sticker from the 1986 expanded test market launch. It's the only one known to exist, and it's in incredible shape considering there was no shrink wrap to protect it from wear and tear. (There are 11 total BOX variants of the original Super Mario Bros on NES, not even counting cartridge/manual variants or the combo cartridges with Duck Hunt or Duck Hunt & World Class Track Meet)."

 

But will this copy of Super Mario Bros. hold its value? To answer that question, we spoke with historian Frank Cifaldi, founder of The Video Game History Foundation, who, like others compared this copy of Super Mario Bros. to the "Holy Grail" of comic book collectors, Action Comics #1. Cifaldi says:

"Super Mario Bros. for the NES is the video game equivalent of Action Comics #1, which is the first appearance of Superman, the birth of the superhero, and the most expensive comic book. Like Action #1, Super Mario Bros. is not the first video game by a long shot, and it's not particularly rare either. Hell, it's not even the first appearance of Mario! But I think we've collectively come to recognize that at least in the U.S., this was the start of modern video games, the template that inspired countless designers, and in many ways, the game that revitalized the entire video game industry in this country and brought it back from the brink."

Not only is this game rare, but it's in great shape, and Frank adds, "There's really not another example of the game that comes close to this yet, so as of right now, as far as collectors are concerned, this is the best copy of the game in the world."

 

[Bronty]

My sale

[Bronty]

Fun seeing the first signature results.   Good items did well.  

[kimik]

On 2/20/2019 at 5:50 AM, Bronty said:

My sale

That is awesome an congrats!

[Westy Steve]

On ‎2‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 7:50 AM, Bronty said:

My sale

What color Porsche are you going to buy? 

That sale completely rattled the industry/market.  And the analogy they are using holds water.  I read an account that discussed the difference between Detective #12 and Detective #27.  Both are rare, but one is rare and important, which is why your former game took the lead.  Fascinating stuff, really.  

So will you someday regret selling?

[Bronty]

48 minutes ago, Westy Steve said:

What color Porsche are you going to buy? 

That sale completely rattled the industry/market.  And the analogy they are using holds water.  I read an account that discussed the difference between Detective #12 and Detective #27.  Both are rare, but one is rare and important, which is why your former game took the lead.  Fascinating stuff, really.  

So will you someday regret selling?

Oh, almost certainly

But some groundbreaking game original art sales happened that month too, one of which was mine, so I took the opportunities in front of me to grow both markets and take care of a specific life goal at the same time.

And, I still have the sister game from the same collection.   TBH, years ago, everyone would have coveted the mario arcade (left) well above the SMB.   I paid 8k for the mario arcade at the time.  I'm not sure that I or anyone else would have paid that for the SMB at the time.

Edited February 22, 2019 by Bronty

[Westy Steve]

43 minutes ago, Bronty said:

Oh, almost certainly

But some groundbreaking game original art sales happened that month too, one of which was mine, so I took the opportunities in front of me to grow both markets and take care of a specific life goal at the same time.

And, I still have the sister game from the same collection.   TBH, years ago, everyone would have coveted the mario arcade (left) well above the SMB.   I paid 8k for the mario arcade at the time.  I'm not sure that I or anyone else would have paid that for the SMB at the time.

Do you have a picture of the back of it?  Apparently there aren't any on the interwebs.  I'm beginning to wonder if the back of that box has a hole in it. :)

 

[Bronty]

[Westy Steve]

On 2/22/2019 at 5:13 PM, Bronty said:

Thanks.  They look like I was expecting.

 

 

Edited February 25, 2019 by Westy Steve
Accidentally included junk

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On 2/20/2019 at 5:20 PM, Bronty said:

My sale

 100k for a game cart, I’m in the wrong hobby!  I’ve only made a few k profit here and there off original art sales.  

[ComicConnoisseur]

18 minutes ago, Oddball said:

 100k for a game cart, I’m in the wrong hobby!  I’ve only made a few k profit here and there off original art sales.  

The only hobby going forward that could give comic books a run for it`s money I would say is video games.

Like comic book characters the video game characters will never age, and keep reinventing themselves to new generations.

Also Nintendo of the 1980s was the Marvel of the 1960s for a generation.

Nintendo is something special.

We still haven't seen peak prices for a lot of these video game characters yet because they still have not conquered Hollywood like their comic book counterparts.

Eventually, there will be a great video game movie like Dark Knight or Avengers.