Rare Nintendo Console Auctioned for IDR 5.1 Billion

There is one Nintendo belonging to the PlayStation that is known in the world, and now it has a new owner, who is offering $ 300,000 for the device. For premium buyers only, the fee is $ 360,000. Interested parties have been bidding online since February.

Collectors expect the console to sell for over $ 300,000. In 2021, the owner told My city that he had turned down more than a million dollars from someone in Norway who wanted to buy the console. But on Friday, only one bid was made, raising the price to $ 300,000.

The source of this rare console is very interesting. Originally discovered by one Terry Diebold in the box the former CEO once owned Sony Computer Entertainment Olaf Olafsson. Olafsson then work on Advanta Corporation, Where Diebold also works. The company goes bankrupt and a number of items are auctioned off privately. It was then Diebold get this super rare console. Diebold had driven it to conventions for years before deciding on Heritage Auctions to make a sale.

“This is the first time this prototype has ever been offered at a public auction before,” the director of the consignment Heritage Auctions Valarie McLeckie told Polygon in December 2021. “Nintendo and Sony are arguably the two biggest competitors in video games today. It’s just a little confusing for some to see Nintendo and Sony share the same console – and it has the same name as the PlayStation itself. “

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