Cash in the attic...

[samanosuke]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270268395201&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT&ih=017

Anyone here sold anything retro and got an unexpected fortune for it? I was selling some stuff on t'eBay recently and when my girlfriend saw me taking a photo of a couple of old ZX81 tapes, she jokingly asked me how much I was expecting for them. I thought I'd be cheeky and start the bidding at 99p (usually I start tapes at a penny) and, f*ck me, I was never expecting them to sell for what they did. I picked them both up at a car boot sale in the late eighties. One stall was selling five tapes for a quid so I got two Speccy games and three ZX81 games hoping that they might work on my Speccy 48k. Needless to say they never worked and at the time I was pissed of for buying three completely useless games. Until today, that is. My only regret is that I can't find the Silversoft release of 3D Monster Maze I also had...

What about you guys? Have you got more that you ever imagined for a game or two?

[anagrama]

Well, I recently got ?751 for a game that cost me ?14.90

[samanosuke]

Which game was that, pray tell? And did you know its worth when you paid that price?

[superstarbeejay]

Well, I recently got ?751 for a game that cost me ?14.90

That's a bit different though as it was always pretty likely to go for a lot of money.

[VR46]

Which game was that, pray tell? And did you know its worth when you paid that price?

Check out the "shocking ebay prices" thread - going back about six weeks.

[cutmymilk]

Yep - you knew the rarity and people who wanted World Championship Soccer 2 so it was always going to end high. Thats pretty cool though - hoping you'd get a quid and ending up with a niiice amount.

I have rarely had anything end way over what I expect, but I have been bummed a few times with games ending way below their worth!

[Yakumo]

I sold a copy of Sonic Jam 6 for Mega Drive on Yahoo Auctions and got 148 pounds for it ! It only cost me a tenner !! The Japanese LOVE Chinese originals so much, especially when it's based upon Mario.

Yakumo

[anagrama]

Yep - you knew the rarity and people who wanted World Championship Soccer 2 so it was always going to end high.

True, but it was still about 3x what I was expecting

[Cauterize]

A good few years ago i found two unreleased Amiga CD32 games at my local boot sale.
'Camel Racer' and 'Gangster Pursuit', both were games used on a hybrid CD32/A1200 Karaoke machine for hire. They were basically graphic versions of Arabian Derby that you just watched...

More info here:
http://www.kwizoke.co.uk/16.html and http://www.kwizoke.co.uk/15.html

I picked them both up for 50p and sold them to a private collector for £100
This then went on to get me a DS on release which i was pleased about!
I had no intention of keeping them as they were pretty useless and unplayable...

So if you see the ISO/Cue lying around, hopefully it still has 'ripped by Cauterize' attached to it



Also, i regret selling this find instead of keeping it for my (if i have any) future kids...



*cries*

[Miguel007]

Not an ancient one, but I sold Animal Crossing PAL on the GameCube on E-Bay and that went for £41 - great considering I only paid £8 for it originally. Couldn't believe it.

[egparadigm]

Only moment of surprise value was recently with the original MGS on PS1. Discovered that the game - which I only picked up because of a BOGOF at GS - (featuring the SH demo disc) was worth ?15. I sold that on eBay and then came across a similar-condition copy in my local indie, which I promptly bought and sold.

Spend: ?3
Total Sales: ?29
Profit: ?26!

I usually can't be bothered with profiteering, but it had to be done this time!

[chaoticjelly]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MESO:IT&ih=017

Lol, quality humour, "quadruple your collection with one single auction!"

There really weren't many ZX81 games were there.. I have one kicking about somewhere, maybe I should auction it.

But yeah I think the Silversoft games were quite rare, correct me if I am wrong but were they not sold only via mail order in some magazines?

Thing with eBay is it's strange. I had a piece of Spectrum software "Monitor and Disassembler" quite hard to find, had it on eBay a few months ago didn't sell for 99p, put it on the other week and it went for over a tenner..

I've had a bunch of cassettes go for ?10 or so in the past. The most I ever got for one was around ?60 for "Johnny Reb" by Lothlorien.. on most formats not a very rare game, but it was for the Sharp MZ-700! Software for machines like that are pretty much hens teeth rare.