An unusually rare copy of Pokemon Red has sold for over $100,000 at auction. Given the recent sale, anyone who has a similar copy of Pokemon Red could end up with a small fortune, should they decide to sell it. However, this particular copy may be one-of-a-kind.
Rare Pokemon merchandise can fetch a pretty hefty sum these days, with rare Pokemon cards being some of the most expensive among them. While some of these cards have been drawn from standard packs, a number of them were rare to begin with, like the iconic Pikachu Illustrator card, which has sold for millions in the past. Such is also the case with this recently-sold copy of Pokemon Red, which was never available on a store shelf.
The Nintendo 3DS might be long gone, but its games live on. Some of them are also hard to find and expensive as heck to buy.
On October 25, a Goldin auction for a prototype copy of Pokemon Red closed after receiving 20 bids and reaching a whopping $101,000 final winning bid. After fees, the cost for the cartridge reached $123,220. The prototype isn't much to look at, with no official...
