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Blizzard Selling World of Warcraft Server Blades, for a Good Cause

Owen Good — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

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More than 350 retired server blades—the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft's virtual realms—are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. More »

Nathan Drake's Notebook is for Sale on eBay

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EDT

A timely auction taking place now on eBay has a hand-made replica of Nathan Drake's notebook from Uncharted 2 on sale for £100. A U.K. art student recreated it, page-for-page, from the virtual one players may peruse in the game. More »

Blizzard Auctions Off Entire Worlds of Warcraft for Charity

Mike Fahey — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:20:00 EDT

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Own a piece of World of Warcraft history and help a good cause, as Blizzard prepares to auction off more than 2,000 original server blades for St. Jude's Childrens' Research Hospital. More »

Not Only Does This Nerf Lancer Fire Darts, It's Fully Automatic

Owen Good — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Sure, Nerf Lancers have been done before, but that doesn't mean they can't be done better. This one, from reader Nick G., is also for sale on eBay. More »

You Could Own This Copy of Tetris for Only $1,000,000

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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Did you know that the Sega Genesis (nee Mega Drive) version of Alexey Pajitnov's Tetris is exceedingly rare? That there are reportedly only about ten copies of this cartridge in the wild? Then you're probably not in the market for a million dollar copy of Tetris. More »

Someone is Selling THQ's E3 Debris for $2,000

Owen Good — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EDT

This year, I came home from E3 with a Kinect Sports shirt, a Jurassic Park-inspired fake Barbasol shaving cream can to hide stuff and a Cooking Mama 4 oven mitt. Everything else I chucked, including my press pass and lanyard. Maybe I should have considered selling it on eBay. More »

For $35,000, You Can Make Your Own PS1 Games

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:30:00 EDT

Website PlayStation Museum has a complete PS1 development kit, including everything you need to make a game, from coding it to burning master discs. And now it can all be yours. More »

Get Your Hands on an Original NES Software Development Kit

Owen Good — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:00:00 EDT

This may look like a busted up Nintendo Entertainment System, but its seller says it's actually an NES development kit, recovered about 10 years ago from the warehouse of a defunct Las Vegas-area developer. It's up for bid on eBay, currently topping out at $305. More »

Rare Game Pulling Five-Figure Bids, with Some Proceeds Going to Japan Relief

Owen Good — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:30:00 EDT

It's well settled that Stadium Events is, if not the rarest video game on the collectible market, is certainly the rarest of any retail release. A year after a sealed copy of the NES game set a record for the most ever paid for a single game, another verified, factory-sealed copy is seeking to dethrone it. More »

There's Still a Market for NBA Elite 11

Owen Good — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:30:00 EST

In sports collectibles, one company's mistake is another man's fortune. (Ask Billy Ripken.) Five months after NBA Elite 11's embarrassing cancellation, copies of the game are still circulating over eBay - as well as box art, download cards, and other mementoes of the game that never was. More »

Won't Anyone Let This Man Sell A Sarah Palin Xbox 360?

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:00:00 EST

Poor David Morrill. All he ever wanted to do was sell an Xbox 360 that had, inexplicably, Sarah Palin's autograph scrawled on the side of it. Instead, all he's getting is trouble. More »

Boys' Beyblade Bathtub Breakage Begets eBay Bailout

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:00:00 EST

At first blush, you might think the older kid on the left is faking the tears. But at right, one sees only the authentic, thousand-yard stare of a younger brother caught up in more trouble than he can possibly imagine. More »

Zombie Yoshi Didn't Survive The Outbreak

Owen Good — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST

He'd be perfect, recast as a Left 4 Dead smoker. Zombie Yoshi, a six-inch tall custom figurine by artist Kody Koala, whose other work may be seen here and here. This statue sold on eBay for $162.50. Seen via icanhasinternets. More »

Someone Wants $15,000 For Legend Of Zelda Dishware

Owen Good — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST

The starting bid is not yet met on this set of new-in-the-box Legend of Zelda dishware from 1989, a three-piece set the seller hopes to sell for $100,000 but will be willing to part with for, presumably, $15,000. More »

Awesome NES Coffee Table Up For Sale on eBay

Owen Good — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:30:00 EDT

Matt, the guy who built the stunning, giant-size Nintendo Entertainment System coffee table we showed you about a month ago, just listed his masterpiece on eBay. Bids open at $400. More »

Someone Claims To Have A Retail Disc Of NBA Elite 11

Owen Good — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:00:00 EDT

NBA Elite 11 was indefinitely postponed on Monday, a week before its commercial release. I didn't receive any disc pre-release (for review), but conceivably they might exist somewhere in the wild. One allegedly just sold on eBay for $255. More »

Hold On: $66 For A Halo: Reach Pre-Order Bonus?

Owen Good — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Those who preordered Halo: Reach from GameStop got a code for a nifty suit of armor. This code was, technically, free. Some guy's been selling them on eBay, for close to and even more than the game's retail price. More »

Welp, Someone Done Tried To Sell Their Kinect Beta Already

Owen Good — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:30:00 EDT

Microsoft had to figure this was going to happen: Someone put their Kinect beta hardware and their console for sale on eBay, hoping to get $1,200 for it. It was rather quickly de-listed, however. More »

Video Game Store For Sale On eBay

Owen Good — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:30:00 EDT

Ever wanted to own your own games store? Well, you can buy one on eBay - or the inventory of one set to close on Sept. 1 in Grand Junction, Colo. The owner ships it free up to 750 miles. More »

One Day This Wooden NES Will Be a Real Little Boy

Owen Good — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:00 EDT

Hand-carved wooden NES (and flatscreen) sculpture, listed for $650 on eBay, minimum bid $250, received zero bids. Poor wooden NES. He's also got swapped A and B, and Select and Start buttons. [Seen via Hot Blooded Gaming] More »

When All Else Fails, Try Selling Your NES for $35,000

Owen Good — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:30:00 EDT

Several months back, a rare NES game sold for more than $40,000. It's not one of the 42 games offered along with an NES in this eBay lot but you know what is? The eternal thanks of the seller. More »

Transformers Pre-Order Codes Fetching Crazy Bids on eBay

Owen Good — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:30:00 EDT

Transformers: War for Cybertron doled out three exclusive codes with preorders through three different retailers - unlocking Jazz, Shockwave or Demolisher for play. Some people must have confused "exclusive" with "rare," as eBay bids on these codes have touched $100. More »

Unboxing Half-Life 2: The Bubblegum

Owen Good — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EDT

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The infamous leak of Half-Life 2's beta in 2003 was a story with an international scope and wide-ranging consequences, some just now coming to light. Such as this box of Russian-made Half-Life 2bubblegum. More »

First Batch Of BlizzCon 2010 Tickets Hit eBay

Mike Fahey — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Blizzard's first batch of tickets to BlizzCon 2010 sold out quickly yesterday. As expected, a nice chunk of them are now available on eBay for more than double the price. Now how much would you pay? More »

Crappy Demo No One Wanted Sells for $710

Owen Good — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:30:00 EDT

It didn't come close to breaking records set recently by other rare titles, but NBA 2-Ball, a freebie PSOne disc given out at the 1998 NBA All-Star game, probably set a mark for demos. More »

Is The PSP Go Dead Yet?

Mike Fahey — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:00:00 EDT

This is the last picture I took of my PSP Go before selling it on eBay for $200. Is anyone still holding onto theirs? More »

Crappy Demo No One Wanted May Be Worth a Ton Now [Update]

Owen Good — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:00:00 EDT

At the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, fans received discs with the demo for a PlayStation game called NBA 2-Ball. The game was pretty bad - possibly defective - but it's extremely rare. So a surviving copy may be extremely valuable. More »

Old Game Sells For Over $30,000

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:30:00 EDT

Remember that crazy auction for an old Taiwanese bootleg masquerading as Atari classic Air Raid? Well, it just went under the hammer. For over $30,000. More »

Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Goes Up For Auction

Owen Good — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:30:00 EDT

The title of "Holy Grail of Video Games" changes almost monthly, or whenever an extremely rare specimen hits eBay. The latest claimant: a weird-shaped Atari 2600 cart by the name of Air Raid. More »

For $2600, This Mario Had Better be Super

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:30:00 EDT

Currently for sale on eBay: this Mario pendant, lined with gold and covered with diamonds. Perfect for any Nintendo fanboy currently in the rap or drug dealing business. More »

Someone's Gonna Buy a R.O.B. for Four Grand

Owen Good — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:30:00 EDT

This display case, containing a pristine, never-played Nintendo Entertainment System, and a never-used Robotic Operating Buddy (we like to be formal on first reference here) fetched $4,150 in an eBay auction that just closed. More »

Wait a Minute, $200 — for a Faceplate?

Owen Good — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST

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Two years ago, Xbox Live gave away 72 limited edition Xbox 360 faceplates with a Need For Speed: ProStreet design. Some guy decided to get rid of his on eBay and has found it commands a price above $200. More »

Collector's Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale

Owen Good — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:10:41 EST

There is a new Holy Grail of Rare Video Games, and it is Stadium Events. The auction on a factory-sealed NTSC version closed just minutes ago, and it was sold for $41,300, almost double the old record. More »

Box of Cereal Old Enough to Drink Legally and Vote Sold for $200

Owen Good — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:30:00 EST

We've dealt with factory sealed Nintendo rarities two decades old this past week, but at least their contents wouldn't throw you into gastric distress. A 22-year-old unopened "Nintendo Cereal System" box just sold for $207.50, or $103.75 per cereal. More »

Scalpers Getting $300 For StarCraft II Beta Keys

Owen Good — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST

Not that I'm sharing this in a run-go-get-it sense. But some enterprising key recipients have chosen not to participate in the StarCraft II beta. Some 49 keys are being auctioned on eBay right now, with bids reaching up to $305. More »

Drop Serious Cash On Into The Pixel Art, Now On eBay

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:30:00 EST

Video game-loving spendthrifts may want to earmark a few spare hundreds to bid on this year's Into The Pixel auction, the artistic charitable endeavor that runs alongside the annual DICE summit. The former silent auction has been taken to eBay. More »

The Day Gamers Took Over Reselling: Epilogue

Owen Good — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:30:00 EST

Last week, I wrote about Glyde, the reseller flooded by gamers at its November launch. Because of Glyde's shipping model, the time required for delivery and payment seemed to be a drawback. So how'd Glyde do with a real sale? More »

Bidding On Rare — and Factory Sealed — NES Cart Already Tops $15K

Owen Good — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:20:00 EST

Remember the mom who sold an NES for $13,000 because it happened to include the ultra-rare Stadium Events? Well, a factory-sealed copy is now on eBay, and with eight days to go bidding is above $16,000. More »

Mom Sells Old NES and 5 Games — for $13,105

Owen Good — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:30:00 EST

A mom in North Carolina listed an NES and five carts on eBay last week for $9.99. Final winning bid: $13,105. One of the games in the lot happened to be the ultra-rare Stadium Events, in its original box. More »

The Day The Gamers Took Over Reselling

Owen Good — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:30:00 EST

When it quietly went online for pre-launch testing early last year, Glyde was a reseller marketplace built with a midwestern, middle-aged book or music lover in mind. Then the gamers found it, and practically took over. More »