www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFL_JqqSyo
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Crazy…
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they about that they don’t see this going up. There’s not going to be new money coming into the hobby because sealed video game is so niche. That’s strange for how many people got into the pokemon tcg from the video game. I have more early exposure to the video games than the card. As a kid the cards were hard to come by in my area. So why is it that people tend to gravitate more towards the cards than the video games?
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Personally I hate the fact I might pay thousands or a video game that might have a corroded battery inside that’s what keeps me from buying. May be an irrational fear.
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What makes a sealed game 9.8 and not a 10 I wonder
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A lot of people who have bought cards don’t know how to play the TCG. The cards are art to a lot of people, and functionally they’re not greatly modified by putting them in a grading case. If you consider a card artwork, then putting it in the case enhances functionality by protecting/framing it. But nobody bought Red or Blue just to look at it - to some people grading a sealed game is like framing packaging. A lot of people used to throw GB and N64 boxes away and just keep loose carts. Just offering an alternative perspective - I own sealed games and I’m sure graded Red and Blues will continue to climb in price. But it follows that many individual cards go for much higher prices than the graded games, because a graded game can’t be played with while a graded card can still be looked at.
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Same as comics, 9.9s and 10s are impossibly hard to find for anything vintage.
Everyone else focused on themselves, Scott is getting Pokemon in the news every chance he gets
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I believe smpratte was the previous owner of that Nintendo game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CKVdpI_ao
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Mint sealed gen1/2 boxes are hard to find. Hopefully this deal brings them out of the woodworks if there is any.
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Makes sense then
Holy smokes this makes me want to buy a sealed gameboy game
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www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Red-Sealed-Mint-Nintendo-Gameboy-Wata-9-4-A/193652766136
Here’s a 9.4 with only a A+ seal for comparison
THIS IS BIN FOR 20K, WITH BEST OFFER, ALSO WATA 9.4.
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This is crazy. I myself have a VGA Graded Red Version that I purchased years ago for about 300.00.
I’m worried about this product as a long-term investment as factory seals can deteriorate and the cartridge batteries can leak and ruin the game. Anybody else have concerns about this?
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This doesn’t entirely answer your question but I opened up a 1996 Game Boy Pocket last year and the AAA’s hadn’t even leaked, and I’d hope a cartridge battery would last significantly longer
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What grade?
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It’s a VGA 80+ NM. I’m tempted to crossover to WATA for a higher grade (90-94). It appears that WATA values are fetching a lot higher than VGA recently.
Yes for sure lol great pickup when you did