Mockduck Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 All right, for anyone interested, let's place bets Price is Right Style without going over on who's closest. Just a bit over a day left! My guess: $8500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) Didn't these once trade hands for $30,000? Or am I mis-remembering things. And confusing it with Stadium MudBuggies? It's been ages and these aren't exactly memorable bits of knowledge worthy of committing to memory. Flash in the pan conversation making - you know? Anyhow. I have a few hard-to-find vintage 486 motherboards. I'm wondering why these can't be worth anything?!?!? There's gotta be about 100-200 in existence worldwide. Perhaps less. Edited June 16, 2021 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavi Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Keatah said: Didn't these once trade hands for $30,000? Or am I mis-remembering things. And confusing it with Stadium MudBuggies? It's been ages and these aren't exactly memorable bits of knowledge worthy of committing to memory. Flash in the pan conversation making - you know? Anyhow. I have a few hard-to-find vintage 486 motherboards. I'm wondering why these can't be worth anything?!?!? There's gotta be about 100-200 in existence worldwide. Perhaps less. My recollection is pretty questionable, but I think the $30,000 sale was for for a complete Air Raid? I think the usual auction price for a loose cartridge was traditionally closer to $3,000-3,500. I do see however the Goodwill one has already blown this away by a considerably margin, and is just over $5,000 with still a day left to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 This is the public info so to speak on historical pricing from Pricecharting: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Bobster Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Welp, Someone has resources. That bad boy just went for $10,590 and change!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Congrats to the winner! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mockduck said: Congrats to the winner! IMO, simply spending a lot of money is not winning. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 $10,500 for a piece of plastic. Definitely not winning. Still fun to watch these things in a schadenfreude kind of way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I doubt this ended up like a real auction and/or got paid for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 We will know soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 6 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: I doubt this ended up like a real auction and/or got paid for. Agreed. Especially considering the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I already wired the funds. (For real, my guess is they overshilled it and it didn't actually go. SGW is notorious for shilling.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 9:36 PM, Keatah said: $10,500 for a piece of plastic. Definitely not winning. Still fun to watch these things in a schadenfreude kind of way. And some folks pay more for Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 ..which makes me laugh even harder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Did anybody else notice it said untested? Probably accurate in this case, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason123 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 I just read an article about this sale. Seems pretty damn legitimate to me. Someone Donated A $10,000 Rare Game To Goodwill (yahoo.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONEMAN Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Is that confirmation that the highest bidder actually paid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordquest plus Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I just saw a news notification about the Air Raid auction on my phone just recently! That's some serious news there! That cartridge would make an excellent addition to my Atari cartridge collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Right now, $10,000 is less than 1/3 of a single Bitcoin. If you bought a single bitcoin in 2015, you could have gotten it for under $300. I know it's an odd comparison, but people who bought Bitcoin a few years back and held on to them have become seriously wealthy, and they are the geeky tech-savvy people. They can afford expensive video game collecting hobbies. Just a theory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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