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giana sisters auction on ebay

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:10 pm
by Sixteen Plus
just hunting around for bargains on ebay again and came across the great giana sisters game on cassette, under two and a half hours left so it still isn't quite over, and this must surely hold some sort of record, too high a price for me...at the merrrment the bidding stands at £42.01 :shock:

now if only i had kept hold of my copy it probably would've been worth much more, despite what the seller says, it should've had the instruction booklet with it as i remember it, so this copy is incomplete.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-GREAT-GIANA-SISTERS-Commodore-64-Cassette-RARE_W0QQitemZ8212328361QQcategoryZ3545QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:55 pm
by Iain
Actually, if you scroll straight down to near the bottom of the page in the "questions" section, he reports in big red writing!!! that he found the instructions! So it is complete and that should push the price right up!

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:37 pm
by Sixteen Plus
lol so it does, well just under one hour left on it and we'll know for sure the exact value of it then...nevermind 'the antiques roadshow', it would be pretty cool if the BBC came up with an idea of 'the retro roadshow', i can just imagine someone bringing along a nice SX64 in excellent condition 8)

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:57 pm
by gordon
Gave my copy away to Mayhem a few months back. :) When will I learn?

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:43 pm
by Sixteen Plus
STOP THE PRESS!

within the last thirty seconds, it quickly shot up to £50.00, then £60.00, then £70.00 and then in the last few seconds it finally ended on £72.00...hows that for a record bid? 8)

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:50 pm
by Sixteen Plus
gordon wrote:Gave my copy away to Mayhem a few months back. :) When will I learn?
i think you just did :oops:

although i understand how you must feel right now, i lost my complete C64 collection inc disk drive, accessories, hundreds of games inc great giana sisters all for a measly £20.00 back in 95 lol.

i still don't like to talk about how it actually happened though :cry:

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:12 pm
by Iain
gordon wrote:Gave my copy away to Mayhem a few months back. :) When will I learn?
You silly boy!! Just imagine how many bananas you could have bought with £72!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:03 pm
by Mayhem
It was just the disk though, wasn't it Gordon? I don't recall getting the box from you (which I got elsewhere I'm sure).

Still no clue what a disk of it is worth...

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:07 pm
by gordon
Disk, some instructions, and a box. :) But as I said at the time, I've had loads of favours from people over at YakYak, so I'm happy.

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:32 am
by Professor Brian Strain
Shall I tell thee a story?

'Twas a dark and stormy day... in summer, when I happened upon a small emporium in a Suffolk town. The shelves were laden with disk and tape, all crying "buy me". And in one corner, low down on a shelf, I spied a real treasure. 'Twas Giana and her sister, all coiled onto a lovely reel of magnetic ribbon. I handed over my five gold coins and left. :wink: