$33,000 for the most expensive ‘consumer available’ video game ever!

<p>This weekend a new entry in the record books was made as Air Raid for the Atari 2600 sold for an astonishing £33&comma;433 on GameGavel after receiving 31 bids in the course of 11 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Mike Kennedy&comma; a member of staff at GameGavel&comma; this makes Air Raid &&num;8220&semi;The most expensive &&num;8216&semi;consumer available  video game ever sold at auction&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The previous record&comma; again made by selling a copy of Air Raid in early 2012&comma; sold for £31&comma;600&period; This auction is the third boxed version of Air Raid to go onto sale and is the only one to include an instruction manual also&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guess our parents were right when they said &&num;8220&semi;keep the box&&num;8221&semi; when we were kids&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamegavel&period;com&sol;item&period;cgi&quest;show&lowbar;item&equals;0000687017">Game Gavel<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;06&sol;atari-air-raid-sells-for-33000-at-auction">IGN<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;