richest game collector in the world?

JJ Hendricks of Denver

In 2009 he bought the Nintendo Gold World Championship for $17,500.

http://blog.pricecharting.com/2009/06/how-i-got-nintendo-world-championships.html

In December of that year he sold the cart in an online charity auction. Why Charity? "I didn't need the money" (???!!)

http://blog.pricecharting.com/2010/01/how-i-sold-nintendo-world-championships.html

Just this month he bought a SNES Nintendo Powerfest 94 for $12,000. A bargain from the original asking price of $50,000.

http://blog.pricecharting.com/2012/07/how-i-got-nintendo-powerfest-94.html


While some of us debate buying that $59.99 game knowing its going to be $30 next month, this guys throwing out wads of cash like Gordon Gekko in Wall Street


Whats the most you all will pay for a cart? Maybe we have some higher rollers here on the forum.

 

I was really "splashing out" when I bought the PAL version of Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Saturn for about $150AUD, or "Mega Man: The Wily Wars" for around $100AUD I think. Those were my big indulgences.

Personally, I generally wouldn't pay over $50 for any game that wasn't super rare and in great condition, or over $100AUD for any game unless it was a prototype, and even then, I'd have to really want it. That said, I'm not a massive collector. I'd pay a lot more for rare hardware than I would for games though, especially development hardware.

 

$17,500 and plays the fucking game on an LCD?

 

Interesting read

 

I can understand maybe $3-4 grand for prototype hardware, but seriously for a game? I know it's a piece of history, but $17K can get you very far for much more needed things. I guess it was just pocket money for him.

 

I came...

 

And they call themselves collectors.

I would totally invest in luxury CRT production if I was more rich.

 

American CRTs suck.

 

That's why someone with that kind of money should invest in a studio RGB screen by Sony or NEC or whatnot. Hell, I'm a student and even I have 2 gigantic RGB screens

Maybe this was just for demonstration purposes and done in a rush, but somehow I doubt it. Then again, there are lots of people who claim not to notice the difference between RGB and composite, maybe he's one of them?

 

Of course if you have $17,000 importing from anywhere should be no problem. >_>

 

That's still far from the $30000 each of the 3 buyers of Aero Fighters 3 Neo Geo AES US Carts paid in February.

 

It's all pretty funny. Like HeXiGON said, that kind of money could have bought way better things. Not just games, but other cool things. And I agree, playing rare expensive games on shitty LCD TVs? That's pretty dumb.

 

I'd pay big for some Saturn prototypes (nowhere near $17,500 though).

 

Heck with $30000 I'd start a fund to build a Neo Geo AES cart manufacturing plant.

 

If they can afford to spend $17500 on a cart I really couldn't give a fuck about, then resell the cart and donate the proceeds to charity, it is safe to say they can probably afford to buy and probably already own better things too

 

I don't know, why would they be showing off their overpriced video games if that were true?

 

This person spent $17,500 on a single video game. I seriously doubt that he now has to make a whole lot of sacrifices because of that purchase.

Like a person who can buy a Ferrari will most likely not say "Oh dear, I just bought a Ferrari, I wish I had invested that money in a new TV and some rare books. Now it's gone and I can't spend money anymore for a while"
Lol

 

Only an unseen Zelda prototype could ever get me to shell out big bucks. And I'd never pay anywhere near 17.5k for it either.

 

Same deal with that Australian collector with the Ferrari. He plays his retro consoles on crap CRTs via composite...