This man was going through a box of childhood items from his mom's attic when he found a rare unopened copy of the Nintendo game 'Kid Icarus' that was bought in December 1988, when he was 9. It sold at auction for $9,000, including the buyer's premium.
When he went through one of the boxes, he came across a rare unopened copy of the Nintendo Entertainment System game"Kid Icarus" that has been sold at auction for $9,000, including the buyer's premium.There are fewer than 10 known sealed copies of the 1987 game.The shrink-wrapped cartridge was still in a JCPenney bag along with a receipt showing that it was purchased in December 1988, when Amos was 9.
"My biggest question was 'how do you ship a $10,000 or possible $10,000 game?'"Amos said. The mechanical engineer bought four packages of bubble wrap and swaddled the cartridge until it was about 2 feet around. Then he shipped it to Denver with lots of insurance.Wata said that the game was real and that it was in great shape, especially after decades in a Reno attic.It rated the box's condition as an 8 out of 10 and the wrapper as an A .
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