Someone Bought a Copy of Skyrim for $600 Because of the Auction Craze

Following a sealed copy of Super Mario 64 selling for $1.5 million, collectors are looking for the "next big thing" that will make them a ton of money. One buyer in particular believes The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may be it as they have purchased a sealed copy for $600.

As spotted by Axios, this copy of Skyrim sold on Heritage Auctions on the same day as that Super Mario 64 one and is the first time the popular auction site is selling a sealed copy.

"Purely the apotheosis of role-playing games, Skyrim is a game that one could never possibly tire of," The official description on Heritage Auctions reads. "Fans sink countless hours in the land of Tamriel, and the love for this game runs deep. We've yet to offer a sealed copy until now, so we would imagine this will be a tough lot to claim!"

This copy of Skyrim boasts a Wata score of 9.2 A+, which is a good score that means it is in "exceptional condition," but its not quite to the levels of the copy of Super Mario 64's 9.8 A++.

It will be interesting to see if the value of Skyrim skyrockets like some of these other games, especially considering it is a much newer game (it released in 2011) and is available on every platform ever created ever (ok, not really, but it feels like it!), including Amazon Alexa.

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To compare it to other games sold on July 11, a Wata 9.4 A sealed copy of Tomb Raider sold for $144,000 and a Wata 9.0 A sealed copy of Red Dead Redemption sold for $384.

A couple days before, someone purchased an early-90s U.S. Army training device for $18,600 that "amounts to a replica M16 that can plug into a Super Nintendo." This rifle was used for SNES' Multi-Purpose Arcade Combat Simulator, which was specifically developed for the U.S. army as a cheaper way to train shooting skills.

This Skyrim story is another instance of the increasing value of video game-related goods. This craze can be seen in its fullest in the Pokemon Trading Card Game, with U.S. retailers limiting or suspending Pokemon card sales due to safety concerns caused by this huge upsurge in demand. Besides the popularity of opening blind packs on Twitch streams, an original Pokemon Trading Card Game Booster Box sold at auction earlier this year for $408,000.

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If you'd like to know how much money your Pokemon cards are worth, check out our guide on how to appraise your collection.

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