World's Largest Video Game Collection Up For Sale!

[Draco1962]

"Michael Thomasson has been certified by Guinness to own the world’s largest video game collection, which at that time of certification consisted on 10,607 video games, but that number has since risen to over 11,000." Read more here.

If you are married and want to end your marriage quickly, place the winning bid.

[KRC]

Wow, that's a lot of games

I used to have a full "Sealed" European Nintendo Gamecube game collection about a year and a half ago, with all of the North American exclusives aswell, it's a pity that I sold them on

I wanted to get the Japanese titles as well but it wasn't financially justifiable.

[tthurman]

Wow, I thought I was a packrat!

Bid is up to 50K!

[hansolo77]

Here's a link to the actual auction: http://www.gamegavel.com/item.cgi?show_item=958029

And here's a photo gallery: http://www.briannablank-photo.com/ClientPortal/Thomasson-The-Count/

[stigzler]

Heh. I like the way he's been put in the basement by his wife. Hope he keeps an ear to their bedroom door.

Gawd - I'm too cynical.

[RIP-Felix]

I wonder how he affords his habit?

1. Major Legue Gaming bookie
2. "Speakeasy" owner with forign exclusive arcade titles and selling homemade absinth
3. Special Olimpics point shaving scheme
4. All of the above.

[hansolo77]

Doh! Thanks for reminding me of this. I wanted to see what the final selling value was... here it is:

$750250.00

[RIP-Felix]

Wow, I wonder how much he spent to collect it though. I'd think it was a loss, but who knows, maybe some of the older rarer titles made up the difference and he turned a profit.

[KRC]

Wow, I wonder how much he spent to collect it though. I'd think it was a loss, but who knows, maybe some of the older rarer titles made up the difference and he turned a profit.

Oh I would think it would be a loss, Looking at his lot I would say in the right climate he could have added another $150,000.

I recently sold a sealed copy of Megaman X2 on the Super Nintendo for £1,500 ($2,551) so it's definitely rarities that make up the difference.

[stigzler]

I recently sold a sealed copy of Megaman X2 on the Super Nintendo for £1,500 ($2,551) so it's definitely rarities that make up the difference.

Whoa! I'm terrible for asking the questions that shouldn't be asked - how much did you pay for it?

[KRC]

£39.99 in 1995, Ive owned it since then So I owned the game pretty much for near enough 20 years.

[stigzler]

Damn - so when one's father went on about - "keep it in the wrapper - it'll be worth a fortune one day..." one's father actually wasn't bullshitting!?

[KRC]

Yep definitely, Daddy was right on this occassion, It was actually a duplicated Xmas present and sat in my dads attic for 15 years along with other sealed games.

It still had the receipt with it aswell, it was purchased from Electronics Boutique 19th December 1995.

[KRC]

To be honest though, the same year we had a Playstation so the Snes didnt get much use after that.