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Original Boxed & Sealed Apple iPhone 1 Goes Up for Auction!
While many would make the argument, quite rightly I think, that Apple isn’t an innovative company anymore, it’s impossible to deny the impact the original iPhone had on the market. In terms of ‘smartphones’, it was truly revolutionary and in no small part due to its unique and user-friendly menu.…
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Super-Rare 3DFX Voodoo 5 6000 Prototype Hits Nearly $10,000 on eBay!
For those of you with good memories, you may recall that the last time something regarding 3DFX came up in the news was when someone managed to hijack their official Twitter account and then went on to make various posts about a supposed comeback. – It was, of course, not…
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Nvidia 4080 Scalpers Suffer as Consumers Show Little Interest in the GPU
While the graphics card market has undoubtedly calmed down a lot when compared to this time last year, following the launch of both the Nvidia 4090 and 4080 it was hardly surprising that scalpers were looking to turn a quick buck by buying the GPUs at their retail price and…
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Sealed Original Apple iPhone Sells for $40,000 at Auction
Say what you will about Apple, but it’s hard to deny that the iPhone was one of the most iconic tech products ever released. – Offering functionality and features well beyond anything else available on the market at the time, while it has, of course, spawned many revisions over the…
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Super Mario Bros Sets New Record as Boxed Copy Sells for $2M
July was an exceptionally busy month in terms of collectable retro gaming. Firstly, a copy of ‘The Legend of Zelda’ set a brand new record, and just a few days later, this was completely smashed when a boxed copy of ‘Super Mario 64’ sold for $1.56M. – In something that…
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Sealed Copy of Skyrim Sells for $600
It’s certainly been a nutty few days in the world of retro gaming. Last week we saw a brand new auction record set with a copy of ‘The Legend of Zelda‘ going for $870,000, then just days later, we saw that record absolutely smashed again with a sealed Super Mario…
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Super Mario 64 Sells For $1.56M at Auction!
You may recall that late last week it was confirmed that a brand new record had been set in the world of retro gaming with a rare copy of ‘The Legend of Zelda’ achieving $870,000 at auction. – Well, if you thought that that price was insane, then you’re going…
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Super Rare Zelda NES Cartridge Sells for $870,000
You may recall that earlier in the week it was noted that an exceptionally rare copy of ‘The Legend of Zelda‘ for the Nintendo Entertainment System had come on the market via an online auction site. With it sat at around $110,000 at the time of writing, while we always…
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Super Rare Zelda NES Cartridge Hits $110K at Auction
It’s not exactly a secret that rare video games can command quite a significant price when they hit online auction sites. Following a new listing on Heritage Auctions, however, we have something exceptionally unusual here indeed. Not only is this a graded and sealed copy of The Legend of Zelda…
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Iconic YouTube Video Sold as NFT for £500,000
There are many videos from the early days of YouTube that have become iconic over the years. Can they be considered a form of art, though? Well, with the rise of ‘NFT’s’ (non-fungible token), we have already seen a significant amount of content purchased off of the platform. And, it…
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Gold Nintendo Wii Made for Queen Elizabeth II Goes on Sale!
I daresay that some of you reading this might have purchased some form of an exceptionally exclusive piece of hardware, or perhaps some kind of limited-edition gaming peripheral. Did you ever own a gold Nintendo Wii, though? Well, if the answer is no (and I suspect it probably is), then…
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Sealed ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Sells For $660,000
It is certainly not uncommon for rare video games to command a significant price among hardcore collectors. You would, however, be forgiven for not considering the original ‘Super Mario Bros.’ released for the NES as such a title. In fact, I daresay you could probably pick up an original cartridge…
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eBay Warns of PS5 Scammers Selling Photos As Consoles
It’s not exactly a secret that with the release of the PS5 earlier this month, there has been a huge problem with scalpers decimating the stock levels available to real consumers. Albeit, that doesn’t always work in their favor as one such person recently had their entire stash stolen at…
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Boxed Copy of Super Mario Bros 3 Sells for $156,000
It’s hardly a secret that classic (or rare) video games can command a pretty hefty price tag these days. If anything, it kind of makes me relatively annoyed that, at the time of owning many of these now super-expensive titles, I treated the packaging a bit like I do now…
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Original 1978 Apple Computers Retail Sign Hits Auction!
There are many people who take a lot of pleasure from collecting retro technology. I myself own more than a few very old computer systems. When it comes to brands, however, there are few as iconic as Apple and, if you wanted to own a little piece of history for…
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