Sega Display Case Price check, need any info at all guys!

[inRainbows]

Ok, so my main objective for a couple months now has been trying to find nice display cases, be it sega or nintendo. well on ebay, forums, etc ive been out of luck. Randomly stopped at a new consignment shop here in my town today and BAM! freakin sega display case right there, being used for jewelry. i didnt offer the lady anything because i didnt want to shoot under or over, and im sure she has no idea what she has anyways. Ive been looking everywhere and i cant believe i found one less than 3 miles from my house in a random hole in the wall thrift store. So guys, i need help. im gonna go make her an offer tomorrow morning when it opens. I dont know what to offer though. i definitely dont want to overshoot mainly. A guy over on nintendoage has recently, oddly enough, asked for a price check for this exact same case, but no one responded in that thread. Heres the thread, so you can see what it looks like.

http://www.nintendoage.co...tid=29&threadid=78575

Please send me a message, or just post in here if you have even the slightest relative idea of what a possible retail value is for it, and what i should pay for it. I dont want to pay too much, and i could end up doing that because i want it so badly.

tim.

[SirPsycho]

Display cases pop up so infrequently that finding a good retail average is difficult. The Nintendo ones seem to go for a few hundred, less if its in worse condition and/or missing anything. Sega might not be as expensive since there are not as many diehard Sega collectors hopping around. Maybe you can try asking the people at Sega-16 though?

[Razor Knuckles]

Man I want that. I love Sega stuff. If it's a hole in the wall thrift store they probably have less of a clue than you do and probably don't expect much for it anyways. I'd nit-pick at any flaw to reduce the price. If I were to ask a price judging from the pictures I would start off at $75. I wouldn't pay more than $125 as much as I would want it. But that's just me. Good luck finding a fair market value price for it. 

[inRainbows]

thanks for some input guys. In my mind im definitely willing to pay more than 125, but i certainly would not like to. Display cases are so tough to come by, like you said psycho, that i feel like i have no choice but to buy it whatever the price. the fact that its so close is mind blowing to me, as ive struck out online, and i dont even have to worry about shipping or anything. lets hope i have a post tomorrow morning with pictures of my new sega display case. also, if anyone else can chime in id still love to here some opinions.

[Crabmaster2000]

Display cases like that are beautiful things. I'm not sure what the going rate is for them, but I'd be willing to pay up to $500 for one myself.