The $15,000 Golden Nintendo Cartridge
If you're old enough to have owned a Nintendo Entertainment System in the 80's, chances are you bought a copy of the original 'The Legend of Zelda' with the luscious golden sheen. Those cartridges are only worth a few bucks today, but a certain golden cartridge for the NES is worth much, much more. $15,000, in fact, at least according to an opening bid price on eBay. The cartridge, pictured to the right, was a prize given out at the Nintendo World Championships in 1990 to winners and runner-ups. 26 were apparently made with the golden color and they pop up on the global auction clearing house from time to time. The cartridge contained the games used during the competition itself, including 'Super Mario Bros.,' 'Rad Racer,' and 'Tetris.' Each game is worth only a few dollars individually, but bundle them together in a shiny cart and you have quite the collector's item.
An earlier one sold for $6,100 according to Wikipedia and, with them becoming more and more rare as uninformed parents clean out closets and attics, $15,000 just may be achievable.
From Crave
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