Man sells old video game for $31,600 after reading CNN.com
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Man sells old video game for $31,600 after reading CNN.comMan sells old video game for $31,600 after reading CNN.comWhile reading a story on this site about rare video games, Tanner Sandlin of Austin, #xTexas, recognized one of the games -- Air Raid for the Atari 2600. He found the thirteenth known copy of the game in his garage and put it on eBay.It sold last Sunday for $31,600,Grow lightsthe second-highest price ever paid for a video game.Sandlin bought the game when he was 11 or 12 years old at a store called Tuesday Morning in Arlington, Texas. The store bought overstocked or undersold goods from other retailers and sold the items at a discount.8 very rare and very expensive video gamesSandlin said he paid between $5 and $10 for Air Raid in the mid-1980s. This is important because none of the other twelve people who possess Air Raid cartridges were the original owners -- they bought them at auction, secondhand stores, or through private collectors. Learning a collectible item's "provenance," or owner history, is key to proving its authenticity. Since Sandlin was the original owner, his cartridge had more credibility than one found in a box at the local thrift store.
6 more people who accidentally found a fortuneOddly enough, Sandlin remembered that this much sought after game wasn't really all that great. In fact, the only reason he still had it was because it was so bad. He and his friends used to borrow games from each other all the time --sometimes you'd get your game back,Grow lightssometimes you wouldn't,#x and that was OK. But no one wanted to keep Air Raid, so it kept coming back to him.He's not complaining now.While it's impressive that Sandlin had the thirteenth known copy of Air Raid, he also had the original packaging,DVD Ripper, which changed everything. Why? Because his was the only known Air Raid box in the world, making it the only known complete copy of the game in existence.But he couldn't start counting his fortune just yet. If you're willing to pay thousands of dollars for a video game, you're going to make sure it's legitimate. Sandlin knew this, so he went straight to an expert, Albert Yarusso of AtariAge.com, a forum for fans of anything Atari, to get his professional opinion on the authenticity of the find.The two both live in Austin, so Yarusso met with Sandlin and examined both the game and the box in person.Grow lightsAfter some thorough research, Yarusso declared everything was real (or the most impressive forgery he'd ever seen).#x With expert confirmation behind him, Sandlin pulled his stand-alone cartridge auction on eBay and replaced it with the complete game package. The starting price was $.50.
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