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Hake’s online-exclusive sale takes novel approach with $9.99 opening bids

Image courtesy of Hake’s Auctions

YORK, Pa. – Hake’s is hosting a special online-exclusive auction covering a large array of collecting categories spread out over 2,500 lots. The auction is filled with comics, political material, action figures and toys, video games, art, VHS tapes, and more – all starting at just $9.99. The auction has opened for bidding and will close over a three-day period, May 15-17.

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Collectors of vintage video games play on another level

This Nintendo N64 (1999) Super Smash Bros game achieved $11,800 in November 2022. Image courtesy of Hake’s Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.

This Nintendo N64 (1999) Super Smash Bros game achieved $11,800 in November 2022. Image courtesy of Hake’s Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — It all started with a primitive video game called Pong and the Atari 2600 console for at-home gaming, which debuted in the 1970s. Though its games had simple graphics, Atari revolutionized the gaming industry. Video games are now light years better, smaller and more complex. Legions of players collect them, and anything related to them, driven by childhood nostalgia and the desire to preserve cultural touchstones. There is also profit to be made.

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