Well shit, that explains it!

Tisk Tisk..... oh well.

Funny.......... #306 pops up on Craigslist, http://sandiego.craigslist.org/cs...

Listed here as a finalist who owned that number. Rather strange though as "meet up only".... now this is proceed with caution

Quick Google Images search finds the same pic which probably means it's stolen from this link - http://questicle.net/2012/12/452-...

. My thoughts exactly ,no one with any sort of common sense is going to meet someone they don't know ,with $20K cash to complete a transaction .That listing has scam and dangerous written all over it,I just hope no one is going to be foolish enough to fall for this HIGHLY suspect Craig'sList listing.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there's one more. #0141
Here is the very cool story of a very cool find.

Just wanted to post a quick follow-up. #306 is in fact real and currently owned by a private collector. The pics in both of the links above are real but are stolen from him (the pics have been cropped/edited to not show the name written on the piece of paper in the top right corner). Scam.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has it got to a point where someone would try to scam like this. I honestly don't by anything from Craiglist............ never have and never will. Too much craiglist horor stories for me

I am new to NA and I saw one of those NWC 1990 gold carts once. It was in 1993, in Oak Harbor, WA. I went to my friends house to play his SNES that he just got and his NES and in the stack of NES games he had next to his TV was the NWC 1990 gold cartridge. At that time I didn't know how rare it was going to be. The guys name was Craig Donovan. Don't know if he still lives in that town or not. I also have no idea if he ever sold that gold cart or if he still has it to this day. Might be worth checking into if there is people still hunting down the 13 NWC gold carts that haven't been found yet.

Mine....#260 is the most faked.....Stephen Lin took high resolution photos of the label many years ago and the image has helped facilitate making bogus labels.

I can't believe people will fake a NWC gold cart just to make money. Sickens me when I think about it

I can confirm Rob Bianco was the winner for NYC 12-17.  I met him at the finals, and in fact -- here is a picture of me, him and David Lopez which was published in a newspaper in 1991.  Point of correction on the paper, David Lopez is incorrectly stated in the caption as being from NY, he's actually from NJ (Jersey City), and was the Meadowlands 12-17 winner.

New info - #66 and #88 have surfaced. Both very nice. Picked up by Lukiegames - http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo...

Wow - amazing story.  I have a message out to Lukiegames to determine which cart # the father won and which cart # was the son's.

Update: Father and Son were each finalists (66 & 88) and the cart numbers could have been swapped. They believe #66 was Bob's and #88 was Jeff's.

#141 has changed hands. Sold on ebay 10/3/2015 for $11,300. http://www.ebay.com/itm/191681601...

link to see pics from listing - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-...

Thanks xjwebb - you are on it! But who is the lucky new owner?

Hello, I have an update to the list I am the new owner of NWC CART #240 if you want the information please let me know. I can send you pm with history of last 2 owners. I am tracking down more info. Seller who sold to me bought for 4k, in 2009.

Congrats on the new addition. 
 

SO what's the going average price on a NWC Grey and a NWC Gold cart these days?

Yowzers.
 

I think around $12,000 for grey and I thought someone was selling a gold for $75,000.
 

Is that $75,000 the asking price or an actual sale? I didn't think the gold had sold for higher than $30,000, if that.
 

Very true.  It's hard to price something that hasn't sold in a long time either. :-\
 

Holy crow!!!

That gold 75k was just someone hoping some sucker would waste their money on it to look at on a shelf, with the notion that it will increase in value! Cuz anyone that can throw away 75k def needs more money.

On that note, im selling my Little Samson cart thats 9/10 for $6,000. Add $5 for flat rate priority shipping.