I Made $358 Selling 5 Video Game Boxes
I knew that retro video game collecting was “a thing,” and that certain titles could bring in impressive sums. So while I was cleaning out some clutter that I didn’t want anymore a few months ago, I decided to check eBay to see if the five Super Nintendo game boxes I had framed were worth anything. I discovered these tucked away in a joystick box at my parents’ house a few years ago, and mounted them in a shadowbox as a decoration for my media room. I thought maybe I could get a little money for them from collectors. But I wasn’t prepared for the payout that I got.
It turns out that those boxes and a few manuals were worth hundreds of dollars, even without the games. Not all of them brought in big money, because some games are more sought after than others. But even the lowest-value game box brought in $10, which was a decent return for something I bought thirty years ago.
NBA Jam, box and manual — $10
Despite being the rare game that brought jocks and geeks together on a common playing field in high schools across the country in the 90’s, the NBA Jam…
