In July, just days after a high-grade version of The Legend of Zelda broke auction sale records, a sealed copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million – making it the highest-priced video game sale ever. So what’s going on here?
According to lawyer, author and Proof journalist Seth Abramson, powerbrokers in the game’s auction market are “systematically trying to hide data” in a get-rich scheme. Abramson has now released some “hard data” in an attempt to spread the word and combat this artificial market.
In view of the just-released documentary on Jeff Meyer, Jim Halperin, Wata Games, Heritage Auctions, and Big Data in the video game market, I’m releasing all my NES market research for free. What finally pushed me to this was the realization that powerbrokers in the nation’s hottest, most out-of-control market are systematically trying to hide data regarding…
