So a friend of mine decided to sell his Super Famicom with none other than Miyamoto's autograph on eBay. First I begged him not to sell it, then I begged him to sell it to me. He agreed, but what…

Another day, another prototype found by the eBay scouts at GameSniped. While chronicling unreleased video game auctions is the norm over there, Toon Panic is quite unusual. It’s a cancelled Nintendo 64 Power Stone-like game developed by Bottom Up. Not…

This is the strangest auction the eBay-omnipotent staff at GameSniped found so far and it doesn’t include any prototype games. Just Rock Band, Guitar Hero III and oh… a woman dressed in a skimpy Santa outfit hand delivering the goods. Whoever…

Working Designs was known for their elaborate goodies and their Elemental Gearbolt Assasin’s Case is one of the more pricey pieces of Playstation Swag. At E3 ’98 Working Designs held an Elemental Gearbolt tournament where fifty winners won the mock…

The origin of this special edition Atari 2600 are unknown, even to the person holding the auction. Although s/he speculates that the gold plated Atari may have been a milestone system to celebrate the ten millionth sold console. I doubt we…

Only ten people got them at San Diego Comic-Con and khazara informs us that he (she?) is selling his (her?) limited edition Xbox 360. As explained in the auction the task was more arderous than sitting in a cushy seat waitng…

Publishers produce interesting swag to promote their games and Gamesniped seems to find all of it. Usually it’s something related to the game like the syringe pens Atlus passed out at this past E3. Deviating from the trend is the promotional…

Gamesniped who always has a multitude of interesting video game auctions found someone is selling one of three wooden swords signed by Itakagi, the creator of Ninja Gaiden. The custom sword was a prize in the Ninja Gaiden Master Tournament Tecmo…

 This eBay auction for Super Mario Plushies is unusual because it has four of Mario’s costumes from Super Mario Brothers 3 in the lot. When Nintendo moved to Super Mario World all of these costumes were dropped, which makes the Tanooki…

A link to an eBay auction appeared on Gamesniped about a Space Invaders Mahjong set. The tiles have pictures of the ship, aliens and the shield in different colors. While unusual items typically fetch a substantial sum on eBay, this memorable piece…

Sometimes you have to wonder what drives a person to sell a rare/hard to find/out of print item on eBay for a BIN price so high you’ll have a heart attack just looking at it. I remember constantly looking at…

Someone in the UK discovered a Pac-Man shaped potato chip in a pack of Walker’s Roast Chicken Crisps. What makes the item “special” is that it was cooked this way and not broken off. After discovering this “rare” find the…