Old Nintendo system sells for $13,105

Everyday folk discovering colossally valuable collectors' items amid everyday junk has been the lifeblood of antiques shows for years, but it's not every day you see a real-life gold-in-the-attic tale play out on eBay.

Last week, North Carolina eBay user lace_thongs35 thought she was putting up an everyday, 80s-era Nintendo Entertainment System (together with five games) up on the popular auction site. But less than an hour after the first bid, the price was over $6,000 -- and on Wednesday, when the auction closed, the final selling price topped $13,000.

Why? Not the console itself, but one of the games bundled with it -- a deeply obscure 1987 release called Stadium Events, a highly sought-after collectors' item. But it wasn't even the game itself that was worth the bulk of the money -- it was the original cardboard box, which collectors value at a breathtaking $10,000. Fewer than 10 complete copies of the game are thought to exist, and retro gaming aficionados consider it one of the hardest-to-find NES games ever made.

Bet you're wishing you hadn't let Mom throw out your Nintendo collection now, eh?

Holy Shiz
Damn that console sells for 10 grand.
I should've let my cousin broke mine T_T

lol I still have mine. XBox can fuck itself.

Why the fuck read the whole post, right Viper, Raivu?

Anyway, 10k for a cardboard box, sounds incredible...

Holy fuck bro, one game is worth 10k USD? O_O
I am totally looking through my old Nintendo collection nao.

dang 10grand for that...
thats amazing

Drakonid wrote:

Why the fuck read the whole post, right Viper, Raivu?

Anyway, 10k for a cardboard box, sounds incredible...

what part of what I said made you believe I didn't read the whole thing?

Holy shit that's a lot. Then again on 10 copies...

We could make a fortune if we replicate the box.

fuck yea my GRANDMA has one im going to ask for it!! FUCK YES BITCHES~~~

That is fucken insane. I bet that person was freaking out when she saw it bid that high.

I like reading news

I never let my parents throw out any of my gaming collection. I still have almost every game I ever owned.

Damn dude. You almost made me go to the ol' shit room in our house and pull that thing out... too bad we don't have that game...

i should raid my grandparents house.. they have an original nintendo with over 100 games because everytime they go to yardsales they buy more.. they have R.O.B too.

Torian wrote:

We could make a fortune if we replicate the box.

Let's get Plobby to set up a factory in Mexico.
They'll never expect it.

That's insane... now how many people have started digging around their collections?

console isn't worth 10 grand its the game thats worth it i get these consoles for like $10-$50 easily and if i'm correct i know someone who has stadium events also i think the pawn shop down here has it to

so gonna get it now and put it on ebay see what i get for it

RobbyTheReaper wrote:

console isn't worth 10 grand its the game thats worth it i get these consoles for like $10-$50 easily and if i'm correct i know someone who has stadium events also i think the pawn shop down here has it to

so gonna get it now and put it on ebay see what i get for it

Then you're going to buy your good friend Raivu a car, so he can go see his girlfriend for more than 3 hours a week, right?

WoW soo old system, sold for soo much money
really i understand that collectors want it but to spend 13,000$ on a system that is older than me ? - never

@whoever's grandparents buy NES games,
Can we trade grandparents? Mine are dead, but wouldn't do that anyway.

That's awesome.

I'm not surprised. Some old Famicom cartridges pull in 6k+ on its own.