Zelda game that was donated to Goodwill sells for $ 411,000

The most popular collectibles that are worth the most are often found in the big auction houses that command the best price. But some items fall through the cracks, either by accident or on purpose by someone with a higher purpose in mind.

This was the case this week when Goodwill listed a second sealed Zelda game on its auction platform after an anonymous donor brought the game to a Goodwill in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A sealed version of the first run, with the box classified by WATA as a 9.0 recently sold for $ 870,000.

The auctions were swift and furious once video game collectors were notified of the bulletin board auction. After several offers were reduced due to what Goodwill considered fraudulent, the final price was $ 411,278. The winner was famed video game collector Eric Naierman, a dentist in Florida.

“I think the box would get an 8 or an 8.5,” Naierman told The Action Network. “And given what the first impression in a higher state aimed at, we thought the market was around $ 600,000 for it.”

The Zelda game, Goodwill said, was the most expensive item ever sold on its website, Shopgoodwill.com, which has been around since 1999.

Vintage sealed video games have recently exploded. A Super Mario N64 cartridge was recently auctioned off for $ 1.56 million and earlier this month fractional-stock company Rally agreed to a $ 2 million purchase on behalf of its investors for a Super Mario Bros. sealed on the original Nintendo platform.

The Zelda first impression has a “TM” (trademark) after Zelda. The one that was given to Goodwill has an R circled, which means it came later because the mark was registered.

Goodwill has not always been the beneficiary of a surprising discovery. In 2015, someone bought a West Point sweater for 58 cents. The sweater, which bore the Lombardi inscription on the cotton swatch sewn inside, turned out to be Vince Lombardi’s.

It sold at the Heritage auction house for $ 43,020.

Goodwill said the sale of Zelda will allow Goodwill to open a career center in Stamford, Connecticut.