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Has your mother ever called and asked you toultimatelyget rid of all thatJunk in his attic? You know, the boxes full ofchildhood toys and mesmentas that have beendust collection for years? Well, you may want to think about it from time to time soon. Because one of thoseBoxes might simply contain your $ 9,000 ticket. That's what happened toScott Amos, a 40-year-old mechanical engineer from Reno, Nevada.

When he agreed to travel some of these mysterious boxes in the attic of his mother recently, he stumbled on an old copy ofIcarus child, aNintendo video game 1987, nestled in a J.C. Penney bag and always in its original narrowing wrap. There was also a receipt, showing that the game was bought for $ 38.45 (after taxes) inDecember 1988.

Since the game had never been played and was still in its original packaging, Amos thought it may be worth alittle dollars on eBayif he was lucky. To understand what his starting price should be, Amos decided to send an email toWATA GAMES, a company in Denver, Colorado, which classifies vintage video games for collectors. Less than an hour after hitting send, AMOS has received a WATA response. If what he claimed to have was real, the experts said, "You have an Easter egg" ... a $ 10,000 potentialEaster eggs, to be precise.

"My initial reaction was incredcrated that an old video game could be worth so, excitement that I could have found an element of value, and the fear I realized that I had left the game within the reach of mysmall children"Said Amos when they are reached." Do they currently open the plastic seal and coloring on the box? "Fortunately, the answer was no.

Amos' mom, who assumes the game was a Christmas present she had forgotten to wrap and put under the tree, "could not believe that it was worth money at all," said Amos. "She said she could not believe she paid $ 34.99 for that." (By today's standard, it's just timid $ 82, including tax.)

Shortly after receiving WATA e-mail, Amos carefully sent him to their offices of Denver to be authenticated and weeks, he learned that he had effectively struck gold. WATA noted the condition of the box as 8 out of 10, and the packaging as a (the highest quality is a ++).

They connected Amos withHeritage bids, a dallas auction house with decades of experience. Amos'sIcarus child The game wentOn the auction block On August 1st, inscribed as "one of the most difficult titles to find for NES in a sealed state", with only 10 other seal copies known to be in existence. For True ClassicNintendo CollectorsIt was a white proverbial whale.

If you do not knowIcarus child-that is to say. You were not a Nintendo-obsessedChild at the end of the 80s Who dreamed of the pixels - the premise was quite simple. The main character is a named angel pit that must find three sacred treasures and eluting monsters so that he can destroy Medusa and release the Princess of Angel Land, Paluna. And it turns out, many people were eager to have a hand on a copy. It took only three days for a winning bidder to claim Amos'Kid IcarusFor their own, paying $ 9,000 for video game that has not seen oxygen sinceRonald Reagan was president.

From Amos, his mother and sister could not reach a consensus on who exactly the match was originally intended, Amos agreed to divide the 50/50 profits with his sister.

"Initially, we were going to be responsible andpay bill"Amos said of his gains." This trip turned out to be so amusing, so we decided to do something pleasure with money. We go on a family vacationThe world of Disney. "

We can only imagine that the 1980s of the 1980s do not want to be there any other way. And for more information on childhood toys that can win big dollars, here's27 stupid things from childhood worth of tons of money today.

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