WEBVTT 00:02.100 --> 00:06.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: It's a video game system called Vectrex, which I believe is from 1982. So in the early 00:08.566 --> 00:12.600 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% '80s, my parents built a retirement home on the far eastern tip of the North Fork of Long 00:14.666 --> 00:19.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Island. No cable TV, before internet. My mom, who had worked at the Gimbels department store, 00:21.433 --> 00:25.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% wanted there to be something in the house for the kids, and she bought this. 00:25.466 --> 00:30.466 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% APPRAISER: You could not ask for, like, a more niche, specific part of video game history. So 00:32.500 --> 00:36.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% you are correct in that it is the Vectrex system. It uses a vector display, which, 00:36.900 --> 00:41.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% a vector display utilizes drawn lines instead of pixels. Right now, I could already feel the 00:44.000 --> 00:48.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% collector cravings watching this segment. They're very tough to come by, very tough to find with 00:50.133 --> 00:53.633 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% the games. But the pièce de résistance that you have over here is the 3D Imager. 00:55.200 --> 00:57.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Now, that my mom didn't buy. I had it just boxed away. 00:57.333 --> 01:01.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And when I started to get reinterested, I realized that there was an accessory of 01:01.633 --> 01:06.033 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% some importance that was missing. And I bought this online in 2011. 01:06.033 --> 01:09.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Do you remember what you paid for it in 2011? 01:09.700 --> 01:11.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: $615. 01:11.866 --> 01:16.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: You made a positive investment buying that in 2011. And if you were curious, 01:17.733 --> 01:19.700 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% before we jump to that, though, what your mother would have paid for this 01:19.700 --> 01:23.733 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% in 1982 would have been $199. That was the retail cost of a Vectrex back then. 01:24.966 --> 01:26.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Ah. That sounds like a lot for '82. 01:26.566 --> 01:28.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: It is a lot. That's equivalent to over $500 today. 01:28.666 --> 01:31.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 01:31.100 --> 01:33.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: The 3D Imager, such a cool video game accessory. But the reason why in particular it is 01:35.766 --> 01:40.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% so rare is that in 1983, the video game world was turned upside down. Literally, it's the 01:42.166 --> 01:46.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% video game crash of 1983. And unfortunately, the Vectrex fell right at that time period. 01:47.800 --> 01:50.000 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Ah. 01:50.000 --> 01:51.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: There was such an oversaturation of video games. There were so many consoles, 01:51.966 --> 01:54.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% there were so many developers. There was too much for the market. So it's like 01:54.333 --> 01:58.833 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% the process of natural selection. Only the greatest few could survive. The 3D Imager, 01:58.833 --> 02:03.800 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% only three games were ever released for, to be used with the 3D Imager on the Vectrex system. 02:05.933 --> 02:09.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The Imager was released early 1984. By the time the Imager was hitting the store shelves, 02:11.366 --> 02:13.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the system was already failing and becoming a market flop. 02:13.700 --> 02:15.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Had, had no clue. 02:15.700 --> 02:19.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Today's market, the Imager alone is a $2,000 to $3,000 accessory. 02:21.033 --> 02:22.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: (chuckles) Mo, Mom would be happy. 02:22.766 --> 02:26.433 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: Yeah, Mom did a great job, because the whole package today, 02:26.433 --> 02:31.433 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% at auction, everything here, easily going to be $3,500 to $4,000. 02:32.633 --> 02:34.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: You're the first person to take this out 02:34.400 --> 02:36.333 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% of the box. I didn't even take it out of the box when I bought it. 02:36.333 --> 02:38.733 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: Well, guess what? I'm also going to be the first person to try 02:38.733 --> 02:43.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% this on right now. Because I can't even imagine playing a game with this back in 02:45.733 --> 02:49.500 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% the day. (chuckling) And using-- there's a color wheel in here that spins super-fast. 02:51.066 --> 02:53.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: I see-- I see it. (laughing) 02:53.066 --> 02:55.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Here's the color wheel right here. And you would have to change the 02:55.366 --> 02:59.766 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% color wheel depending on what game you would be playing. All right, so you ready to turn it on? 02:59.766 --> 03:01.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Let's do it. 03:01.766 --> 03:05.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Look at the home screen! 1982. (chuckling) Unbelievable. It's 03:08.633 --> 03:10.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the last thing I would have ever expected... 03:10.833 --> 03:12.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: ...to see here today.