Gulag Joe

3 minutes ago, Link said:

So the next Virgin Mary grilled cheese will sell for more? 

There are only 2 more copies of SM64 out there than there are that now priceless grilled cheese!

52 minutes ago, GPX said:

I think most sealed collectors would love to own a Mario 64 9.8 A++. Heck, I’d imagine any CIB collector would love to own a Mario 64 9.8A++.
 

The condition is the rarity here. However, the issue is more “does this item warrant the HA price?” I doubt anyone on here would think so (except @Gulag Joe).

 

Let me be clear here in saying I would never pay that for that game. Maybe Ken Griffey Jr. baseball for SNES, but not SM64. I was a PlayStation person, not N64. Regardless, the price was achieved, the rarity is there, and pop culture history was made. This is why I don’t think it will sell for less next time around. Remember when we all thought the Virgin Mary grilled cheese was ridiculous? Who would pay $16,000 for a half eaten grilled cheese sandwich. Look how that turned out.

1 hour ago, Andy_Bogomil said:

What do you think a SM64 9.8 A++ would go for today?

More than the last one. Prob 2 mil.

9 hours ago, GPX said:

Firstly the relative rarity isn’t just based on the 9.8A++, but the total population that has been graded. From last check, there was over 150 Mario 64 that was sent for WATA grading. This isn’t a small number if we’re talking about genuine rarity. Bear in mind there’s also a stack of Mario 64 already graded by VGA, which is a different set of population report from VGA. There are more nuances but I don’t want to write an essay just yet on this topic. Just trying to help you get the gist.

What are you talking about? The exact game being discussed is the red label release. There have been less than 100 graded by Wata to date. Three 9.8’s and five 9.6 and the rest are blah. Most of those known to be graded by VGA have been crossed over prior to or after the million dollar sale.

2 hours ago, fcgamer said:

Nobody cares though! Literally nobody, aside from you and a couple investors with deep pockets.

Find somebody who has this on their bucket list, sealed, in that condition. Likely the vast majority of Mario 64s produced and then sold weren't even in that condition from shipping carton to display shelf...so is there some sort of nostalgic appeal here that wouldn't be satisfied with a B+ or A- rating sealed? 

The only folks who care about this are part of that incestuous club of WATA sealed worshippers. Nobody else cares, TBH I'd much rather own that golf peripheral than this, any day of the week, and I reckon the vast majority here would agree with me.

Yeah sealed Mario 64s in high grades make me go from hard to soft, almost make me wonder if I should be taking viagra. I prefer actual grails rather than investor-fueled ones.

The point of this exercise isn’t for people who care about SM64 in 9.8 A++ condition. The point is that people in this chain, and others, made wild claims of pallets of perfect condition copies of this game existing and it just isn’t the case.

Anyway, the most interesting thing I found in the new updated pop reports is NBA Jam for snes. I’ve never seen a copy that has Barkley as a playable character.

Every 3-4 months there will be a new comment from Mr. Wata reminding everyone that there is only 3 SM64 9.8 A++. The reminders will stop whenever your moms pull out all those lost pallets and submit them for grading and make that total go up. It won’t though. And it’s hilarious.

“Wata is corrupt and everybody knows it that’s why there’s still only 3 SM64 9.8 A++.”

You can say the same thing about PSA and a gem mint 10 Mickey Mantle. Still doesn’t change the fact that there’s only 3 and it’s been permanently enshrined into pop culture. The 9.8 A++ SM64 is forever a symbol of ultimate prestige.

3 hours ago, fcgamer said:

@Gulag Joefinally an unauthorized game surely had smaller distribution and smaller print and reprint numbers, that's just logic talking and we're both Smart intelligent folks, right? So yeah surely there would be more copies sealed and a++++ out your ass graded of sm64 than Creatom, right? Just speaking logically here, yeah definitely makes sense.

So let's start the conversation again hahaha

 

Not necessarily. People opened up and played Super Mario 64. I actually used a factory sealed Creatom as a coaster.

9 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

How many sealed Famicom Creatoms do you reckon are out there?

Nobody cares about that amazing game like they do the greatest game ever made

Fewer people post in this forum these days because of how utterly embarrassingly wrong they were on the number of 9.8 A++ Super Mario 64’s there are out there! Reading through these old comments, some of which now just read “delete”, showed that some people genuinely thought there’d be pallets and pallets of them by now. NOPE! Still just three!

L. 

It’s back!

Anybody else seeing this? Seller with zero feedback. High bidder with zero feedback. Last one (yes a NTSC version) that sold on eBay went for $250.

The time to buy is now 

Wow I remember PVG and all the controversy around VGA! Somebody should tell that speed run video game journalist this story, this would def get him some clicks

57 minutes ago, final fight cd said:

I’m so confused by this. It says how-to-manual, but it isn’t a manual.  And it shows a dude about ready to do dishes in the back?
 

what is this even supposed to be?

A money grab of less than a hundred bucks probably

One thing that sticks out to me is they were offering more money for the tengen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom than the licensed mindscape variant. I remember the unlicensed games having a niche appeal back then compared to regular releases, but I’ve always perceived them like those 1990 Post cereal baseball cards- yea they’re cool and all but all their jerseys and hats are blank and they just look weird.

52 minutes ago, dogbowl said:

What is happening?

Looks like Heritage is selling non-graded manuals. Disgusting!

2 hours ago, Code Monkey said:

I want to confirm I understand you correctly here.

Are you saying he has a collection of game used bats from some of the most iconic and influential players to ever hold a bat and you're claiming sports fans around the world are not impressed by this collection?

I just want to make sure I got this right.

NOBODY CARES

I’ve seen their videos on YouTube, he’s always hyping up his collection. Nobody cares about your 500 baseball bats.

Grail

Sealed Stadium events might as well be Al Unser Jrs turbo racing. They’re equally rare but one was more fun to play.

You can get an amazingly mint copy of Tecmo Bowl for less than 50 psa 10 saddam hussein 1991 pro set rookie cards!

This is blowing my mind. Last year Tecmo Bowl sold for $144,000. Yesterday, the same game but in a higher grade couldn’t even sell for $5,000. Unbelievable!