Karl, I think your video was well made, but as a sealed collector, I do think it would have gained some sort of benefit from a sealed collector's perspective.
Personally, I feel this part is lacking.
Is there speculation that goes on in sealed? Yes, of course. But what collectibles market does not have speculation and investing. This is one of the wonderful parts of free trade. I don't think the ENTIRE market is speculation. In sports cards, NFT's, crypto, even the stock market, these markets are speculative by nature. Yes, it is interesting to see video games in this category so rapidly, but I think people being stuck at home for over 12 months due to covid just simply turned the world upside down. This has more of an effect than most would expect, and we saw similar price increases in sports cards and other collectibles.
I do think old school sealed collectors would agree that some of the prices that certain games have reached are too much, too quick, but I can say with certainty that the 2 million dollar Mario sale was a legitimate sale with a buyer. Same for the Zelda. I can not comment on the Mario 64 sale. That is the one that I personally agree was eye raising. As crazy as it sounds, the 9.8 HT Mario makes sense price wise. HT Mario has always been a grail, some may even argue the 9.8 HT is of similar value to the sticker seal. Time will tell.
I hope you do a follow up video with a group of sealed collectors, your video is very well made and I think it could have been ever better with some sort of sealed collectors thoughts and opinions.
Hopefully we do see pop reports come out of this. I don't think the prices will drop as some think, but it would be nice to have this information.