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Game Gallery
by hopper
Analyzing & Evangelizing Certified Gaming:Dive into the business of graded games! Let's talk variants and explore the impact of supply & demand on your collection. Powered by a passion for trading collectibles that spans decades, Hopper shares wisdom while dropping unique insights to help you manage your certified gaming portfolio.We are also graded game evangelists, spreading the word about this incredible journey we all share on eBay, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. at gamegallerynet. Give us a follow if you believe in the future of this emerging asset class!
Episodes
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#228 Goldin Record Solds
CORRECTION: Henry reported that another Mario Party sold for $40K a couple years ago so $35K was NOT a new record! Hopper goes over the Top 10 new records set at Goldin's Pop Culture Elite Auction that ended Sept, 2026. Image owned by Goldin Auctions/eBay Entertainment & Education ONLY
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#227 Heritage Higher Highs
Hopper goes over the Top 10 record sales from the late Aug, 2026 Heritage Signature Auction. Educational & Entertainment ONLY Image owned by Heritage Auctions.
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#226 More Pokemon
Hopper apologizes for a mistake in the last episode then goes over three more World Records for Pokemon based video games! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GameGallerynet Link to 10.0 Silver World Record: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbvxgyVorqP/ Link to 9.8 Silver World Record:...
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#225 Pokemon Records
Hopper goes over (4) NEW ALL-TIME WORLD RECORDS: $1.2M Pokemon Red $450K Blue $300K Yellow $200K Crystal For education & entertainment Images owned by Nostalgix.ig
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#224 Top eBay Solds
One month of Top eBay Solds following the world record video game sale! Images are owned by their respective owners. Education & Entertainment ONLY!
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#223 Physical's Future
Hopper asks ChatGPT about the future of collecting physical video games.
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#222 Super Mario Hangtabs
Hopper goes over the BIG Black Box Mario sealed Hangtab auctioned off at Goldin June, 2026, then takes a look at the Black Box Guide, POPs and comps. Image owned by Goldin Edu. & Entertainment
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#221 Goldin Records
Hopper goes over some new public records, set at Goldin's POP Culture June, 2026 auction. Images owned by Goldin Education & Entertainment
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#220 Heritage Records
Hopper goes over the World Record video game sale along with some new Heritage Highs. Images are property of Heritage Auctions. For educational & entertainment only.
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#219 Mario Super Predictions
Take a deep dive into bold predictions from OG collectors made weeks before the 9.6 A++ NES Gloss Sticker 2nd USA Print Super Mario Bros. shook up Heritage in June 2026. Image owned by Heritage Auctions. This podcast is created for educational and entertainment purposes only.
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#218 Some Heritage Highs
Hopper goes over the Feb, 2025 Signature Auction that saw many new highs per HA solds and where the avg. sold price was higher than seven of the last eight Signatures! Nintendo Entertainment System Action Set Console - VGA 85+ NM+ Unopened [Gray Zapper, Round SOQ, Early Production], NES Nintendo...
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#217 Q3, 2024 Graded Games Update
Hopper goes over the biggest players operating in the graded game mkt. The Zelda is property of Heritage!
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#216 Q3, 2024 Economic Update
Hopper goes over economics for July, Aug, Sept, 2024
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#215 Industry Update
Hopper goes over some changes & news @Walmart @Amazon @GameStop @eBay @CGC @WATA @VGA @Goldin @PWCC @Mercari Created with Free Speech, Podcastle, Adobe & Canva
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#214 Some 2024 Pickups, Subs & Flips
2nd of a few episodes recapping the first half of 2024: 🛒 buying, 💰 selling, 🔄 subbing, ⚒️ Frankensteining, etc. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and sometimes YouTube 🎧 🎮 #GradedGames 🎮
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#213 Some 2024 Solds
This is the first of a few episodes that recap the first half of the year: buying, selling, subbing, Frankensteining, etc.
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#212 Researching Mario Origins
🍄 APOLOGIZE for the terrible quality as a result of switching from Podcastle (who capped me out of data) to trying Riverside which we will retire immediately... Researching Jumpman/Mario 🍄 in the VGA Population Reports Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket…
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#211 Tax Day 2024
Hopper breaks down a Schedule C to help you save money on taxes :) Free speech and opinion for educational purposes ONLY!
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#210 CastleVania Variants
Hopper goes over the $90K eBay sold against print runs & WATA POPs. Images owned by Heritage, Goldin, 80s Kid & CGC Video Games Free Speech
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#209 Mike Tyson Boxes
Hopper goes over four POP reports for Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! The focus is on box variants under Free Speech for edu. Images owned by Heritage, Goldin & CGC Video Games
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#208 GoldenEye Variants
Cross-referencing three variant databases teaches packaging, prints, productions, etc. Images owned by Heritage Auctions
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#207 Signature Variant Games???
Hopper waves some magic wands, to reveal ratios as a way to navigate this hobby until production dates make their way into public data... Buy/Sell/Trade at your OWN risk! All games & images were owned by Heritage Auctions
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#206 Goldin Gaming
Hopper breaks down some variants @goldin.co Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, or maybe YouTube 🎧 Images are owned by Goldin Auctions Freedom of Speech for edu.
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#205 CLink Cardboard
Hopper breaks down some #Nintendo Cardboard boxes with multiple variants coming up for auction @certifiedlink All images owned by CLink
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#204 Black Box Parade
Hopper tries to nail down print runs, for the Black Boxes at Heritage, in the CiB Auction in Feb, 2024 He could be WRONG on some of these variants! ALL images are owned by Heritage Auctions THANK YOU at Podcastle, Adobe, Canva, Upscale, etc.
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#203 NES Variant Guides
Hopper pulls up the CGC Video Games CiB Guide with WATA Population Report to check variants coming to market at Heritage in Jan/Feb, 2024: February 8 Complete in Box Video Game Showcase Auction Bidding begins approx. Jan 11th February 22 - 24 Video Games Signature® Auction Bidding begins approx....
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#202 Year in Review for 2023
TD hijacks the podcast and takes things next level... Shout-outs to Adobe's AI Enhancement tool, Podcastle's recording Studio, and of course Spotify! Recorded under free speech flowing from Las Vegas to the Florida Coast, USA
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#201 Special Guest Avery
Introducing Avery who researched Black Boxes for his college thesis, and summarized his work on YT: https://youtu.be/A8er5ZxAMAs with multiple references/sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16gK3gP8edIs0LMtAILghLEPu6oZpDONvefQFVCQL0gE/edit?pli=1#heading=h.9sm27wg4g4g9 Free speech enhanced...
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#200 Who's on 1st Print?
Hopper cross-references CGC's CiB Guide with WATA's POP report vs. his own experience. Free speech enhanced by Adobe :)
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#199 WATA Cert Verification
WATA dropped more value into the deep end of the hobby, by opening up their database to the public on 10/17/2023. NOTE! VGA and CGC have Cert. Verification BUT VGA'S lack's variant info/pics. AND CGC's lack's pics. as of Oct, 2023 Freedom of speech enhanced by Adobe :)
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#198 Industry Changes Overview
Hopper goes over major changes in grading, dealing & auctioning certified video games. All brands and rights are owned by their respective owners. Recorded under Free Speech enhanced by Adobe.
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#197 Beta Bottom Testing
Adobe Podcast Studio 1st Beta Test, theoretically we can now invite guests, via email links to record audio remotely :) If you want to appear on the podcast SAME DAY, DM Hopper @gamegallerynet on Instagram or John Hopper on Facebook Recorded under free speech and enhance with AI via Adobe
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#196 Certifying Floppy Only!!!
Hopper analyzes the Instagram post announcing Floppy Slabs by UKG! Special thanks to optimusoverkil for the post who owns the DOOM Discs cover image! Recorded under Free Speech for edu. all brands & companies mentioned own their respective rights!
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#195 Certifying Boxes Only
Hopper covers the Facebook post under the Mint CIB snobs group that announced the 1st Ever Box Only slabs by CGC Special thanks to Eric Szymczak for the post who owns the Donkey Kong cover image! Recorded under Free Speech for edu. all brands & companies mentioned own their respective rights!
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#194 New Cleaning Services
Hopper quickly goes over the cleaning-services, just announced over at CGC Video Games. Recorded with Podcastle then enhanced by Adobe and Upscale.Media Image owned by CGC
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#193 New Grading House
Hopper goes over the 15 companies that certify video games with links at: http://www.gamegallery.net/grade.html in response to Peter Bel's Facebook post announcing Beta Grading and responses, "Do you do Famicom CiBs? yes" "Can you remove stickers on cardboard? yes" Free speech recorded in Las…
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#192 Back to Rarity
SORRY the AI Enhanced 2nd Segment was too large for Spotify! Hopper introduces another hobby theory: a swinging Pendulum that went from rarity to scarcity and back to rarity! Recorded under free speech
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#191 Signature 1st Prints
Hopper searches for 1st Prints in the July, 2023 Signature Auction event at HA.com Recorded under Free Speech enhanced by AI at Adobe
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#190 Let's Learn Pokemon
Relying on Adam's Guide at Video Game Sage's website here: https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/6629-pokemon-generations-i-to-iii-us-box-printvariant-guide-with-contents-and-population-survey/ Hopper goes over upcoming Pokemon auctions at HA.com to learn some production runs. Recorded under...
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#189 Volatile Half
Hopper goes over some volatile video games, followed by opportunities in the market! Bitcoin segment enhanced by Adobe Video Game segment has too large! Recorded under Freedom of Speech, all brands & names are owned by their respective rights holders!
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#188 Bouncers?!
Did these games bounce of a/the bottom? 9.8 GTA Trilogies Mint Space Invaders Red Boxes 9.8 A++ Spider-Man Marvel #1 Tyson Ovals 9.0s Left Bros. low-mids SM64 low-mids Cover Art owned by Pete/Overheat Games Freedom of Speech, Hopper Instagram
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#187 Staying in the Game
Seven Strategies to Stay in the Game: 7) Sitting on the Sidelines 6) Trading 5) Timing the Market 4) Diversifying 3) Dollar Cost Averaging 2) Financing 1) Consigning FREEDOM of SPEECH www.GameGallery.net
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#186 Hungover Hobby
Beta test #1 with simple set-up as AI wasn't working today... "The video game crash of 1983 (known as the Atari shock in Japan) was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985, primarily in the United States." by Wikipedia
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#185 Memory Lane Triple-Threats??
Breaking down (13) certified targets, by Evergreen + Rarity + Scarcity incl. #DonkeyKong #DC #MARVEL etc. SOURCES: #Wikipedia List of best-selling video game franchises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises#At_least_200_million_copies Memory Lane solds...
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#184 Mini Industry Update
ERROR CORRECTION!! The "Round" SMB1 after the traveling the world segment was supposed to say "Oval" BREAKING NEWS!! CGC explodes onto eBay and PWCC lays off 40 collectors... Recorded LIVE in Las Vegas under FREE SPEECH for educational purposes Cover art owned & taken by labman1717 (151)
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#183 This is a Mic. Gain Test
Under FREE SPEECH recorded LIVE in Las Vegas, this is simply a test, three gain levels, 2nd time at the main workstation... This is for EDUCATIONAL purposes: Nirvana and Kurt Cobain rights, royalites, etc. are NOT owned by the channel that has not made any profits from any content to date!
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#182 AI Enhanced Beta CiB
An OG learned some new tricks thanks to Podcastle, Adobe, Upscale, Spotify, etc. For education & entertiainment ONLY under Freedom of Speech from the USA
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#181 Triple Threats
Answering 1,000s of messages backed by 50,000 hours invested into collectibles, Hopper shares his BETA Methodology in picking video game packaging winners: 1) Evergreen? i.e. digital survivor, global franchise, multi-generational, etc. 2) Super Scarce? i.e. bidding war potential, less than a...
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#180 Relative Scarcity
In my strong opinion, rarity is generally over-rated by collectors, while scarcity is often overlooked (popular games) by many, and sits at the bedrock of this podcast's foundation. So it was a breath of fresh air to receive the following suggestion from a new Patron, "I have noticed just because...
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#179 CGC Reference Guide
hopper bounces all over the place, flattered by "POWER COLLECTING" showing up in the new 130 page guide! THANK YOU Matt & Jason!! CGC Video Games is owned by the Certified Collectibles Group and this podcast was based on Freedom of Speech on publicly avail. info.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Analyzing & Evangelizing Certified Gaming:Dive into the business of graded games! Let's talk variants and explore the impact of supply & demand on your collection. Powered by a passion for trading collectibles that spans decades, Hopper shares wisdom while dropping unique insights to help you manage your certified gaming portfolio.We are also graded game evangelists, spreading the word about this incredible journey we all share on eBay, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. at gamegallerynet. Give us a follow if you believe in the future of this emerging asset class!
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