Professor Falken Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Hello, brand new here, so apologies in advance if this is the incorrect place for this post. was hoping someone on here might be able to help me out. I recently purchased a lot of 50 loose cartridges from a goodwill auction. One of the Carts was a sears telegame superman picture label and its blue manual. I know this has some value but i am having a difficult time finding an accurate value online. This sites rarity guide doesn't even have it listed, only the text label. On price chartings web site it has it listed but with no numbers. just blank spaces where the prices for other carts are. Anyone have at least a ballpark idea what the cart is worth? i see people list the manual for anywhere from $80 to $120. don't know if anyone is paying that but it is what sellers are asking. Anyway, if anyone knows i would appreciate any info you have. thanks a lot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Nice find , at least $500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 The manual is exactly the same as the text label version I believe. I doubt the manual is anywhere close to $80. Now the cartridge, who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Congrats! This is certainly one of the harder to find variations for the 2600. It really doesn’t come up for auction hardly ever so it’s difficult to estimate what one might be worth. It doesn’t seem like there are many of these around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenjunior Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Difficult to say as Atari_Bill stated, they are truly rare and I've seen a couple of them over the years. Always seem to be just like this, "found in a lot" kinda deal. I don't know that there is a a lot of published data on private sales and this is one of those carts that would likely be a private sale. I mean popping it on eBay is going to net you the most exposure or you could simply work with someone privately with what you feel comfortable accepting and what they are comfortable giving. I wouldn't be surprised if it brought crazy $2,000 and I wouldn't be surprised if you sold it for a few hundred bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Falken Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Thanks for all the input. Took it over to the local retro game store and the owner contacted a guy who collects 2600. He offered $1000 on the spot , then a couple minutes later offered $1200 and a trade for something else. for me, I was looking for information for informations sake. Not looking to sell. I intend to keep this in my own collection, at least for now. thanks again for the responses. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Amazing how things turn up! Great find, I would be keeping it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: Congrats! This is certainly one of the harder to find variations for the 2600. It really doesn’t come up for auction hardly ever so it’s difficult to estimate what one might be worth. It doesn’t seem like there are many of these around. There is not many around. With today's crazy prices, I can't see it selling for less than 1K. Someone willing to wait may get 2K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 There are a couple manuals on ebay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233559011503 https://www.ebay.com/itm/333619739897 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennybrooks Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Here is the shopgoodwill auction if anyone wants to see it: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/105498857 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Falken Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, kennybrooks said: Here is the shopgoodwill auction if anyone wants to see it: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/105498857 yep thats it. only reason i bid that high was for this particular cartridge. believe me , i zoomed and looked at every picture as best i could to see if there was any evidence of it being picture label and not text but couldn't see anything. finally i decided to just roll the dice. Got lucky. figured there were a couple half decent games in there that i needed anyway, so even if it were text label i would just be overspending a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Falken Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 of course it could have just as easily have been a combat wrapped in that manual 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Definitely a lucky pick up! No evidence of the pic label at all in the auction. The manual might have prompted me to bid up to 100, but I would have never assumed a pic label was attached. Nice gamble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Falken Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Looks like there may finally be a sale out there to help set some kind of baseline for a value. This seller sold one a couple weeks ago for just over $1800.00. The copy he sold has some label damage but is in pretty good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Did you already know enough, to have the game inside some sort of display case, in your first post? I totally missed this thread. Some of these change hands behind the scenes, not all collectors like to advertise to the world, what they are buying or spending. I think this auction ended at the very high end, probably a personal battle. And what is it? Watch display case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Falken Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 I did know that it was rare and had some value, just couldn’t find any actual real information on a concrete number or any recent sales. It’s a hockey puck display case. Ended up fitting just right so I left it in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Shit, I think I have one of these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro-man Posted yesterday at 05:18 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:18 PM I have this game and each version of the Blue box....your manual price is on target...I have only seen a few pop up over the last 10 years...the average price sold is $1800 to $3500.... I know the person with the $3500 copy...the price is a little high but that is a good range in 2024..who know maybe more..not many in circulation.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBay Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Great find! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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