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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.  Feb 2nd Freedom of Speech Recording via Podcastle AI Enhancement via Adobe Cover Art via Canva &...

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

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 by Adobe, files modified by Podcastle.ai

Hopper cross-references CGC's CiB Guide with WATA's POP report vs. his own experience. Free speech enhanced by Adobe :)

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 :)

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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 Vegas SHOUT-OUT to Adobe Podcast BETA

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

Hopper searches for 1st Prints in the July, 2023 Signature Auction event at HA.com Recorded under Free Speech enhanced by AI at Adobe

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 Free Speech Image owned by Heritage Brands owned by Bandai, Namco and Nintendo

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!

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

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

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

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 https://memorylaneinc.com/site/lots/gallery?category=36 #WATA Pop Reports https://www.watagames.com/populations/...

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 )

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!

An OG learned some new tricks thanks to Podcastle, Adobe, Upscale, Spotify, etc. For education & entertiainment ONLY under Freedom of Speech from the USA

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 million to one mint or better copies, etc. 3) Relative Rarity? i.e. hard to find packaging that stays relev...

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 something is rare it doesn't mean it is valuable if there is no to little  demand or notoriety. I...

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.